cross cultural communication

[Clark, John]

Sam

Livia Polyani gave a wonderful paper at a conference  at Georgetown University in 1996 called "Language Use and the Maintenance of Social Order" that looked precisely at Doctor/Patient power relations. A frighteningly good paper. I don't know where she published it, but do me a favor and give me the cite when and if you find it.

For parent/teacher stuff, check out  Lareau, Annette _Home Advantage: Social class and parental intervention in elementary education_ 1989 Falmer Press.

Then, there is Jeffrey Shultz and  Frederick Erickson's masterful study of the interactions between a school counselor and students (_The Counselor as Gatekeeper_  1982 Academic Press.

Hope this helps, and let me know if you find Polyani's paper publshed.

John T. Clark
Department of English
California State University, Sacramento

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> From: 	Sam Hopwood
> Sent: 	Wednesday, May 7, 2003 12:20 AM
> To: 	linganth at ats.rochester.edu
> Subject: 	cross cultural communication
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> Hi,
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> can anyone recommend any recent material on cross cultural communication especially unequal power consultations?  I am especially interested in teacher/parent and medic/patient interactions.
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> thanks,
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> Sam
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