African American Communication Exploring Identity and Culture 2nd Edition by Sidney Ribeau ISBN 978-0805839944 0805839941

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ISBN 10:  0805839941

ISBN 13: 978-0805839944

Author: Sidney A. Ribeau

What communicative experiences are particular to African Americans? How do many African Americans define themselves culturally? How do they perceive intracultural and intercultural communication? These questions are answered in this second edition of African American Communication: Exploring Identity and Culture. Informing multiple audiences interested in African American culture, from cultural researchers and practitioners to educators, policymakers, and community leaders, this innovative and invaluable resource examines the richness and depth of African American communication norms and patterns, as well as African American identities. Positive and healthy African American identities are centrally positioned throughout the book.

Applying the cultural contracts theory and the communication theory of identity, authors Michael L. Hecht, Ronald L. Jackson II, and Sidney A. Ribeau explore relationships among African Americans, as well as between African Americans and European Americans, while highlighting the need for sensitivity to issues of power when discussing race, ethnicity, and culture. This wide-ranging volume provides an extensive review of the relevant literature and offers recommendations designed to encourage understanding of African American communication in a context extending beyond Eurocentric paradigms.

Considering African American identity with a communicative, linguistic, and relational focus, this volume:
*Defines African American identities by describing related terms, such as self, self-concept, personhood and identity;
*Explores Afrocentricity and African American discourse;
*Examines the status of African Americans in the United States using census statistics and national studies from other research agencies;
*Considers identity negotiation and competence; and
*Features a full chapter on African American relationships, including gendered, familial, intimate, adolescent and adult, homosexual, friendship, communal, and workplace relationships.

African American Communication: Exploring Identity and Culture begins an important dialogue in the communication discipline, intercultural studies, African American studies and other fields concerned with the centrality of culture and communication as it relates to human behavior. It is intended for advanced students and scholars in intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, communication theory, African American/Black studies, social psychology, sociolinguistics, education, and family studies.

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction

2. Survey of the Ancestral Heritage of African Americans

3. Culture

   • Origins of African American Culture

   • Historical Origins of the African American Experience and the Super Theory of Afrocentricity

   • African Americans in Contemporary American Culture

4. Employment

5. Social Structure

   • Agency

   • Black Church

6. Education

7. Family

8. African American Culture and Communication

9. An Interpretative Approach, Culture

   • Communication as a Cultural Process: A Perspective

   • Culture Emerges in History and Society

   • People Co-create and Maintain Culture as a Function of Identity

   • People Negotiate Their Identities as They Relate to Others

   • Identity is Diverse and Overlapping

   • Culture is a System of Interdependent Behavioral and Interpretative Patterns

   • Perception Provides Rich Interpretative Data

   • Sensitive Structures

   • Core Symbols and Prescriptions

   • Communication as an Issue

   • Conversation, Codes, and Community

   • Cultural Identity

   • Summary and Overview of Chapter

10. Self, Identity, Cultural Identity, and African American Identity

    • Self-Concept and Identity

    • Social Categorization and Identity

    • Hierarchical Organization of Identity

    • Types of Identity

    • Identity and Social Interaction

    • Identity Formation Process

    • Cultural Identity

    • Ethnolinguistic Identity

    • African American Cultural Identity

    • Conclusion

11. Communication Competence

    • Definition of Competence

    • Effectiveness and Appropriateness

    • Knowledge, Motivation, and Skills

    • Cultural Differences in Communication Competence Model

    • Cultural Appropriateness

    • African American Norms for Acquaintances

    • African American Norms for Friends

    • African American Norms in Power Imbalanced Relationships

    • African American Norms in Conflict

    • Cultural Effectiveness

12. Intercultural Communication Issues

    • Intercultural Communication Issues

    • Validating Issues

    • Comparing Issues within In-group and Out-group

    • Comparison with European Americans

    • Strategies for Improving Intercultural Communication

      • Initial Strategies

      • Supplementary Strategies

    • Confirming Improvements in Dialogue Strategies

    • Strategies for Improving Intercultural Communication in In-group and Out-group Conversations

    • Comparing Intercultural Communication Improvement Strategies of African Americans and European Americans

    • Intercultural Communication Effectiveness

    • Conclusion

13. Language and Communication Style of African Americans

    • Language Style

    • African American Vernacular English (AAVE)

    • Code-Switching or Style Switching

    • Oral Tradition

    • Core Symbols and Communication Style

      • Sharing

      • Touch

      • Proxemics (Personal Space)

      • Closeness and Intimacy in Relationships

      • Rituals

      • Roasting (Joking)

      • Uniqueness

      • Positivity and Emotion

      • Realism

      • Affirmation

    • Other Communication Styles

      • Coping Styles

      • Interpersonal Styles

      • Relationships

      • Verbal Messages

      • Nonverbal Messages

    • Summary

14. African American Relationships and Cultural Identity

    • Negotiation

    • Relationship Between African American Children and Adolescents

15. The Development of Racial Attitudes in the African American Community

    • Children

    • Racial Tension Among African Americans

    • African American Adolescents and Education

    • Gender Identity Differences Among African Americans

    • Adolescents and Adults

16. African American Families

    • African American Family Structure

    • Sibling Relationships

    • Parent-Child Relationships

    • Formal and Informal Adoption Networks

      • Informal Adoption

      • Formal Adoption

    • Motherhood

    • Fatherhood

17. African American Friendship, Dating, and Marriage

    • Relationships

    • Adult Friendship Networks

    • Solidarity Among Individuals and Loving Relationships

    • Dating Relationships

    • Marriage Relationships

    • Homosexual Relationships

    • Workplace Relationships Among African Americans

    • Conclusion

18. Conclusion

    • Status of African Americans in the United States

    • Communication Theory of Identity

    • Basic Concepts of Communication Theory

      • Identity

      • Reference Frame

      • The Infiltration of Frames

      • Basic Assumptions of the Theory

      • Identity as an Individual Frame

      • Identity as a Framing Authority

      • Identity as a Relational Frame

      • Identity as a Community Frame

    • Applications of the Theory

    • Cultural Contract Theory

      • Basic Foundations

      • Identity Needs to Be Affirmed

19. Continuous Exchange of Identity

    • Identity as a Contract

    • Basic Assumptions of the Cultural Contract Theory

    • Types of Cultural Contracts

    • Future Orientation

    • Research Methodology

    • Practical Applications

    • Conclusion

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