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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463989003321

Titolo

Bridging cultures : intercultural mediation in literature, linguistics and the arts / / Ciara Hogan, Nadine Rentel, Stephanie Schwerter (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany : , : ibidem-Verlag, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-8382-6352-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Culture, Communication, Cooperation, , 1869-5884 ; ; Volume 12

Disciplina

303.482

Soggetti

Intercultural communication

Cross-cultural studies

Communication and culture

Literature and society

Arts and society

Translating and interpreting - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Introduction; Cultural Studies; "There is No 'Normal' Way of Doing Things ...": Interculturality and the Development of Intercultural Competence; Intercultural Communication; Intercultural Fallacies Towards a Negative Normativity for Intercultural Dialogue in Latin America; Transfers in Cultural Studies Between France and the United States of America Possibilities for Intercultural Competence; Translation Studies; Modes of Transit: Cultural Translation, Appropriation, and Intercultural Transfers; Translating Ulysses in the Era of Public Joyce: A Return to Interpretation

Intercultural Theatre: Renegotiating Time and Place in Drama TranslationLiterature; Voices from the East: Eastern European Influences on Seamus Heaney's Non-Poetic Works; Translation as Intercultural Mediation in the Work of Seamus Heaney; The Other Myself; Linguistics; Interethnic Communication and Cultural Memory in the Russian-Chinese Border Area; Interpreters and Their Role as Mediators: A Study of German-Kyrgyz Project Communication; Cultural,



Compositional and Linguistic Aspects of French Hotel Websites. With an Outlook on German Websites; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

With the rapidly developing globalization of various sectors of modern life, individuals, organizations, and nations are becoming increasingly aware of the ways in which cultural diversity may not only be a potential cause of conflict but also a source of growth, creativity, and inspiration. If, traditionally, intercultural mediation has been understood as a conflict-solving strategy or as a means to facilitate communication between individuals from different cultural backgrounds, Bridging Culture aims at providing a framework and a set of theoretical reflections towards a larger vision o