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Rooster in the Rice captures the excitement of living, studying, and working abroad. Between two cultures lies a nether world of edges, where the rules of neither culture dominate. This book presents sixty incidents of cross-cultural collisions and uses an ecological perspective to understand their causes and significance.

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Prologue: The Rooster in the Rice Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Land between Cultures Chapter I: Strangers in Distant Lands Chapter II: Food as a Key to Culture Chapter III: Interpreting Behavior Chapter IV: Behind the Image Chapter V: Managing Where Cultures Meet Chapter VI: Confrontation and Comfort Zones Chapter VII: Nature, Culture, and Language Chapter VIII: Proof and Perception Chapter IX: Other Edges in Motion Chapter X: Edges in Perspective Postscript: The Evolutionary Edge Appendix: Edging Forward: Why and How Strengthening the Liberal Arts and Global Study Can Help to Meet our Needs in the 21st Century Bibliography Index About the Author

Rooster in the Rice

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      Publisher Hamilton Books
      Published 7/14/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780761861195
      978-0761861195
      ISBN-10 076186119X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Rooster in the Rice captures the excitement of living, studying, and working abroad. Between two cultures lies a nether world of edges, where the rules of neither culture dominate. This book presents sixty incidents of cross-cultural collisions and uses an ecological perspective to understand their causes and significance.

      Table of Contents
      Prologue: The Rooster in the Rice Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Land between Cultures Chapter I: Strangers in Distant Lands Chapter II: Food as a Key to Culture Chapter III: Interpreting Behavior Chapter IV: Behind the Image Chapter V: Managing Where Cultures Meet Chapter VI: Confrontation and Comfort Zones Chapter VII: Nature, Culture, and Language Chapter VIII: Proof and Perception Chapter IX: Other Edges in Motion Chapter X: Edges in Perspective Postscript: The Evolutionary Edge Appendix: Edging Forward: Why and How Strengthening the Liberal Arts and Global Study Can Help to Meet our Needs in the 21st Century Bibliography Index About the Author

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