Index
AAbaya, 256
Abbasid Caliphate, 192
Accents, 273
Acceptance stage, 257
Accidental touching, 317
Acculturation, 384– 386
Action orientation, 211– 212
Activity orientation, 218– 220
Affordable Care Act, 371
African American families, 96– 97
Aggressive behavior, 98– 99
Agnostics, 106
Agricultural production, 10
Air pollution, 10– 11
Allied Occupation Forces, 179
Almsgiving, 133
American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, 53
American Academy of Pediatrics,
53 – 54
American exceptionalism, 15
American Indian families
elderly, 95– 96
gender roles, 92
silence, 334
Analects, 153 – 154
Angelou, Maya, 398
Animal Farm(Orwell), 399
Antilocution, 394
Appearance
attire, 305– 307
importance of, 302– 303
perception of beauty, 303– 304
personal, 345
skin color, 304– 305
Arabic language, 281– 282
Arabs families.See alsoIslam
elderly, 93
gender roles, 86– 88
language, 281– 282
Arbitrary words, 269– 270
Argot, 274– 275
Art forms, learning culture, 49– 52
Ascetic state, 143
Ascribed identity, 259
Asian culture.See alsoChinese culture;
Indian culture; Japanese culture
elderly, 93– 95
gender roles, 83– 84
Assertiveness, 99
Atheism
ethical standards, 107
finality of death, 107
rejection of God, 106
role of individual, 106– 107
as world view, 106– 107
Attire, 305– 307
Avoidance, 394
Avowed identity, 259B
Beckoning gestures, 312
Behaviors, 203
Being-in-becoming orientation, 219
Being mindful, 289– 290
Being orientation, 219
Beliefs, 201–202.See alsoReligion; Values
Benedict, Ruth, 60
Benevolence, 156
Bhagavad Gita, 139
bin Laden, Osama, 70
Biracial identity development model, 258
Bodhi, Bhikkhu, 146
Body movement
eye contact and gaze, 314– 317
facial expressions, 312– 314
gestures, 310– 312
kinesics, 307– 308
paralanguage, 321– 323
posture, 309– 310
scents, 319– 320
touch, 317– 319
Bolshevik Revolution, 170
Boone, Daniel, 163
Brahman, 140– 141
Brazilian Portuguese language, 279
Britain, language, 276
Brodsky, Joseph, 170
Brown, Lester, 10Brown, Rita May, 266
Buddhism
core assumptions, 146– 149
cultural expressions, 149– 150
description, 144– 145
Eightfold Path of, 148– 149
ethics and, 150– 151
Four Noble Truth, 147– 148
impermanency, 149– 150
Karma, 150
notions about death, 151– 152
origins, 145– 146
use of silence, 149
Bunin, Ivan, 170
Burton, Robert, 19
Bush, George W., 212
Business
conflict management, 350– 351
decision making, 349– 350
intercultural communication
and, 342– 354
leadership and management, 346– 349
negotiations, 351– 354
protocols, 344– 346
Byzantine Christianity, 170C
Calligraphy, 51
CCP.SeeChinese Communist Party
Chandrakanthan, A. J. V., 333
Change, 207– 208
Channels, 29
Chávez, César, 163
Chinese Communist Party (CCP),
173 – 174
Chinese culture
communicating history, 175
contemporary social issues, 176
history, 172– 175
language, 280
negotiations, 353
Chinese language, 280
Chinese Traditional Medicine (CTM),
369
Chinese Value Survey (CVS), 230446
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