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Culture Shock and Multiculturalism : Reclaiming a Useful Model from the Religious Realm.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.Description: 1 online resource (269 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781443835572
  • 1443835579
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Culture Shock and Multiculturalism : Reclaiming a Useful Model from the Religious Realm.DDC classification:
  • 303.482
LOC classification:
  • GN517 .D87 2012
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES.
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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)531998

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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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES.