Full Description
This book is about culture shock and the writing process. For a student, the relationship between writing and the challenge of living in a foreign culture may not be obvious. The purpose of Writing Across Culture is to aid the student in documenting and analyzing the connection. If culture can be broadly defined as the unwritten rules of every-day life, one effective method for learning these rules is to write about them as they are discovered. In this way, it is possible to see writing as a tool for cultural inquiry and comprehension, and, hence, an antidote for culture shock. Writing Across Culture encourages its readers to become writers engaged in a dialogue—between the individual and the new society—about everyday cultural differences.
Contents
Foreword - Introduction - Culture Shock and the Intercultural Experience - Writing as a Mode to Learning Culture - Antidotes to Culture Shock: The Analytical Notebook - Interpreting Culture: Sarah's Analytical Notebook - Researching Culture: Writing for an Academic Audience - Cultural Change and Personal Discovery - Works Cited - Suggested Reading List - Index.
