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This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of Dresser's "Multicultural Manners". Emphasis is placed upon the unconscious normalization of American culture through provided anecdotes. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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history. Free trade and internet technologies combined to increase the incidence of intercultural communication. This had led to fundamental changes in the way that culture is viewed as a concept,
which in turns effects the way in which intercultural relations are viewed. What is most clear, however, is that intercultural communication and understand has now become more important at the
individual level than ever before. Consequently, a great deal of thought and writing is now devoted to the topic of how one might best engage in multicultural interactions without "embarrassing
ones self" or without betraying some kind of ignorance of the customary differences between cultures. This paper will explore the Norine Dresser text, "Multicultural Manners", in light of its presentation
of intercultural communication, with especial emphasis on the problematic implications of her method of presentation. This paragraph helps the student examine the book, "Multicultural Manners", upon which the essay
is based. Dressers text is a fairly modern text, and one that has undergone frequently revisions over time. It is intended to function as a "cultural guide" for Americans who
might find themselves interacting with individuals from foreign cultures, and who want to project an image of multicultural understanding. What is most interesting about the text, however, is that it
presents the reality of multicultural interactions as a given, as a commonsensical issue in the context of American life, which indicates a shift in the way "culture" is defined, conceptually,
once again, perhaps towards a more universalist perspective (Dresser, 2005). Whatever the case, this raises some interesting concerns. American has a tendency to commoditize and profit from any cultural enterprise,
including the changing view of culture itself. In other words, adaptation to a multicultural perspective is now such a commonly held concept that it is no longer a purely ideological
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