Culture Shock and Multiculturalism: Reclaiming a Useful Model from the Religious Realm
It used to be widely accepted amongst anthropologists that when they conducted fieldwork with foreign cultures they experienced something called 'culture shock.' This book will argue that 'culture shock' is a useful model for understanding an important part of human experience. H...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Cambridge Scholars Pub
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Further subjects: | B
Culture shock
B Multiculturalism B Electronic books B POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Globalization B Multiculturalism ; Religious aspects B Multiculturalism Religious aspects |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Dutton, Edward: Culture Shock and Multiculturalism : Reclaiming a Useful Model from the Religious Realm. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2012. - 9781443835268 |
| Summary: | It used to be widely accepted amongst anthropologists that when they conducted fieldwork with foreign cultures they experienced something called 'culture shock.' This book will argue that 'culture shock' is a useful model for understanding an important part of human experience. However, in its most widely-known form, the stage model, 'culture shock' has been heavily influenced by the same anti-science, latter-day religiosity that has become so influential more broadly: Multiculturalism. This |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online Ressource (269 p.) |
| ISBN: | 1443835579 |