Cultural Essentialism in Intercultural Relations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction: Omnipresent Culture, Omnipotent Cultures

   1. Introduction: Omnipresent Culture, Omnipotent Cultures

      • Fred Dervin, Regis Machart

      Pages 1-11

3. Cultural Essentialism in the Judiciary

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Cultural Essentialism and Foreigner-as-Criminal Discourse

      • Damian J. Rivers

      Pages 15-41

   3. Culture Offenses Instead of Cultural Defence: Criminalisation of Oppression against Women in the Name of Culture

      • Gabriel Hallevy

      Pages 42-61

4. Cultural Essentialism and Artistic Expression

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. Interrogating Cultural Excuses for and the Otherness of Australian Circus Performers: Implications for Intercultural Communication and Education

      • Patrick A. Danaher

      Pages 65-80

   3. Learning to See Differently: The Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

      • Margaret Baguley

      Pages 81-98

   4. Difference Is No Excuse: Separate Struggles, Shared Concerns, and the Articulation of Collective Identity in Contemporary Anglophone Poetry

      • Antonio Cuadrado-Fernandez

      Pages 99-118

5. Discourses of Culture and Their Societal Implications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. Beyond “Culture”: Nationalistic and Monolinguistic Ideologies in Quebec

      • Elatiana Razafimandimbimanana

      Pages 121-152

   3. Essentialising the Convenient Baba-Nyonyas of the Heritage City of Melaka (Malaysia)

      • Sep Neo Lim

      Pages 153-177

   4. Increased Understanding and Empathy through Intercultural Training? The Case of Alelo’s Virtual Cultural Awareness Trainer for Military Personnel

      • Karin Zotzmann

      Pages 178-197

   5. Afterword

      • Adrian Holliday

      Pages 198-202

6. Back Matter

   Pages 203-205

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The concept of culture has long been criticized, with many scholars reformulating it or discarding it entirely. The field of intercultural communication and relations, however, still relies on culture to examine interculturality and this volume provides a comprehensive examination of the problems that the concept poses today.

• Interculturality
• globalization
• culture
• ideology
• communication
• identity
• Ideologie
• interculturality
• Nation

• University of Helsinki, Finland

  Fred Dervin

• Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

  Regis Machart

Margaret Baguley, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Antonio Cuadrado-Fernández, Independent Scholar, UK. P. A. Danaher, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Gabriel Hallevy, Ono Academic College, Israel. Adrian Holliday, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Elatiana Razafimandimbimanana, University of François-Rabelais in Tours, France. Damian J. Rivers, Future University Hakodate, Japan. Lim Sep Neo, University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dr. Karin Zotzmann, University of Southampton, UK.

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