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Sacred Texts And Introductory Texts, Terence E. Hays
Sacred Texts And Introductory Texts, Terence E. Hays
Faculty Publications
A survey of 118 introductory anthropology textbooks published in the period 1929-1990 examines the ways in which Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa has been presented to college undergraduates. In contrast to Derek Freeman's claim that her conclusions about Samoan sexuality and adolescence have been reiterated (approvingly) in an "unbroken succesion of anthropological textbooks," it appears that this work has been ignored almost as often as it has been cited. Criticesms of Mead, although relatively few and almost entirely methodological, have also been incorporated into texstbooks, both before and following Freeeman's 1983 book, Margaret Mead and Samoa. Whether …
Psychic Unity Constraints Upon Successful Intercultural Communication, James M. Donovan, Brian A. Rundle
Psychic Unity Constraints Upon Successful Intercultural Communication, James M. Donovan, Brian A. Rundle
James M. Donovan
This article begins with the unchallenged assertion that intercultural communication episodes are necessarily imperfect. The disciplinary corpus reflects the correct assumption that much of this failure is attributable to the lock of various competencies on the part of the communicants. Experts become vague, however, where the line should be drawn, if at all, beyond which increased competency will not yield improved communication.
The principle of psychic unity assures us that there will be some experiences (not many, but some) which are so far removed from the ordinary processes of categorization and conceptualization that the raw data cannot be encapsulated faithfully …
Psychic Unity Constraints Upon Successful Intercultural Communication, James M. Donovan, Brian A. Rundle
Psychic Unity Constraints Upon Successful Intercultural Communication, James M. Donovan, Brian A. Rundle
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
This article begins with the unchallenged assertion that intercultural communication episodes are necessarily imperfect. The disciplinary corpus reflects the correct assumption that much of this failure is attributable to the lock of various competencies on the part of the communicants. Experts become vague, however, where the line should be drawn, if at all, beyond which increased competency will not yield improved communication.
The principle of psychic unity assures us that there will be some experiences (not many, but some) which are so far removed from the ordinary processes of categorization and conceptualization that the raw data cannot be encapsulated faithfully …
The Return Of The 1997 Allendale Paleoindian Expedition, Albert C. Goodyear
The Return Of The 1997 Allendale Paleoindian Expedition, Albert C. Goodyear
Faculty & Staff Publications
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