{"product_id":"intercultural-mirrors-dynamic-reconstruction-of-identity-9789004401297","title":"Intercultural Mirrors: Dynamic Reconstruction of Identity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntercultural Mirrors: Dynamic Reconstruction of Identity contains (auto)ethnographic chapters and research-based explorations that uncover the ways our intercultural experiences influence our process of self-discovery and self-construction. The idea of intercultural mirrors is applied throughout all chapters as an instrument of analysis, an heuristic tool, drawn from philosophy, to provide a focus for the analysis of real life experiences. Plato noted that one could see one’s own reflection in the pupil of another’s eye, and suggested that the mirror image provided in the eye of the other person was an essential contributor to self-knowledge. Taking this as a cue, the contributors of this book have structured their writings around the idea that the view of us held by other people provides an essential key to one’s own self-understanding.    Contributors are: James Arvanitakis, Damian Cox, Mark Dinnen, James Ferguson, Tom Frengos, Dennis Harmon, Donna Henson, Alexandra Hoyt, William Kelly, Lucyann Kerry, Julia Kraven, Taryn Mathis, Tony McHugh, Raoul Mortley, Kristin Newton, Marie-Claire Patron, Darren Swanson, and Peter Mbago Wakholi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is an excellent synthesis of cultural influences, and the effects of moving from one culture to another, told by those who experienced it firsthand. It is unique and original contribution to the field. Highly recommended.\"  – Ami Rokach, Ph.D., York University (Canada) and the Centre for Academic Studies (Israel)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword   Raoul Mortley  Acknowledgements  Notes on Contributors    1 Expansion of Self through Intercultural Experiences   Julia Kraven  2 Hansel and Gretel Revisited: Quixotic Reflections of Online Dating   Marie-Claire Patron  3 Doni Doni Kononi Danala – Little by Little the Little Bird Builds Its Nest: Intercultural Reflections: Western Travel in Non-Western Culture   Alexandra Hoyt  4 Migration and Making Sense of Place: Against a Backdrop of Negative Media Discourse About Africa   Peter Mbago Wakholi  5 Mirror Mirror: What Culture Am I?: Using Philosophy to Reconstruct Our Images and Cultural Identities   Tom Frengos  6 Spreading Roots Globally, Losing Roots Locally: Coming to Terms with Being an Expat as an Intercultural Identity   Lucyann Kerry  7 Barceloneta as Heterotopic Mirror: A Place of Different Spaces   Tony McHugh  8 Reflection and Aspiration: Mirrors and Models in Traditional European and Chinese Thought   R. James Ferguson  9 Becoming a Person through Intercultural Communication: A White American’s Experiences in Asia and Africa   William Kelly  10 Affect Mirrors   Damian Cox  11 List Yourself: An Autoethnography of Intercultural Identity   Donna Henson  12 I’m So Normal, I Must Be Different   Taryn J. Mathis  13 The Decentred Delegate: Adapting Identity within a Model United Nations Learning Environment   Dennis Harmon II and Mark Dinnen  14 Scotland the Brave? An Exile’s Perspective on Scottish Identity from Abroad   Darren Swanson  15 Intercultural Mirrors and Cultural Humility: My Journey as an Educator   James Arvanitakis  16 Cultural Observations and a Conversation about Drawing by a Wandering Artist   Kristin Newton","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210776797527,"sku":"9789004401297","price":52.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/intercultural-mirrors-dynamic-reconstruction-of-identity-9789004401297","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}