This paper investigates how the Arab-American writer Naomi Nye addresses the dialectic between borders and multiculturalism in her award-winning young adult novel Habibi （1997）. Critiquing the essentialist view that...This paper investigates how the Arab-American writer Naomi Nye addresses the dialectic between borders and multiculturalism in her award-winning young adult novel Habibi （1997）. Critiquing the essentialist view that presumes fixed boundaries for a culture, Nye promotes the alternative view that assumes individuals＇ power of defining and redefining their cultural identities in a multicultural society. The author argues that Nye＇s position is that borders/boundaries and geographical demarcations are flimsy, arbitrary and create divisions, animosities and hatred between people and nations whereas multiculturalism engenders feelings of reconciliation, friendship, and understanding. Though borders and boundaries can be divisive, cultural variety and hybridity can be inclusive. To counteract the argument of borders/boundaries, Nye posits the argument of multiculturalism. In this paper, the author intends to examine the assumptions of the physical and the cultural borders rhetoric in comparison with the multicultural approach narrative. It is the dialectic of these two opposing forces that shapes the events and the final outcome of the action and events of this novel展开更多
As a result of globalization, the teaching of intercultural communication knowledge seems increasingly important in the modern society. In this paper, a dialectical approach is employed to the education of intercultur...As a result of globalization, the teaching of intercultural communication knowledge seems increasingly important in the modern society. In this paper, a dialectical approach is employed to the education of intercultural knowledge of nonverbal communication, in which two most important aspects of the nonverbal language are focused on: kinemics and proxemics. I will start with a brief literature review of nonverbal communication and the approaches to the study of intercultural communication, and then discuss the theoretical considerations underpinning the fields concerned. Following these, I will illustrate, in the fields of kinemics and proxemics, the importance of teaching both cultural similarities and cultural differences to our students, and exemplify with reference to some classroom activities I designed how the dialectical approach to teaching nonverbal communication can be used at the university where I study. I will make a conclusion by evaluating the dialectical approach as well as its suitability for teaching intercultural nonverbal communication strategies in the situation of Chinese universities. For classroom teaching of nonverbal kinemics and proxenics in China, it is relatively new to employ a dialectical approach.展开更多
文摘This paper investigates how the Arab-American writer Naomi Nye addresses the dialectic between borders and multiculturalism in her award-winning young adult novel Habibi （1997）. Critiquing the essentialist view that presumes fixed boundaries for a culture, Nye promotes the alternative view that assumes individuals＇ power of defining and redefining their cultural identities in a multicultural society. The author argues that Nye＇s position is that borders/boundaries and geographical demarcations are flimsy, arbitrary and create divisions, animosities and hatred between people and nations whereas multiculturalism engenders feelings of reconciliation, friendship, and understanding. Though borders and boundaries can be divisive, cultural variety and hybridity can be inclusive. To counteract the argument of borders/boundaries, Nye posits the argument of multiculturalism. In this paper, the author intends to examine the assumptions of the physical and the cultural borders rhetoric in comparison with the multicultural approach narrative. It is the dialectic of these two opposing forces that shapes the events and the final outcome of the action and events of this novel
文摘As a result of globalization, the teaching of intercultural communication knowledge seems increasingly important in the modern society. In this paper, a dialectical approach is employed to the education of intercultural knowledge of nonverbal communication, in which two most important aspects of the nonverbal language are focused on: kinemics and proxemics. I will start with a brief literature review of nonverbal communication and the approaches to the study of intercultural communication, and then discuss the theoretical considerations underpinning the fields concerned. Following these, I will illustrate, in the fields of kinemics and proxemics, the importance of teaching both cultural similarities and cultural differences to our students, and exemplify with reference to some classroom activities I designed how the dialectical approach to teaching nonverbal communication can be used at the university where I study. I will make a conclusion by evaluating the dialectical approach as well as its suitability for teaching intercultural nonverbal communication strategies in the situation of Chinese universities. For classroom teaching of nonverbal kinemics and proxenics in China, it is relatively new to employ a dialectical approach.
