Representing East Asians in Intercultural Communication Textbooks: A Select Review

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Notes

1. Although other scholars have tried to avoid such dichotomous thinking by proposing mediating constructs such as ideocentric and allocentric (Triandis, 1995) and interdependent and independent self-construals (Kim et al., 1996), they still endorse the contrast between East and West.

2. For example, although the text admits racism continues to be a serious problem in the United States and lists various victim groups such as Asian Americans, there is no further discussion about their history (see pp. 326–327).

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Hui-Ching Chang

Hui-Ching Chang (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994) is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication of the University of Illinois at Chicago

Rich Holt

Rich Holt (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994) is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University

Lina Luo

Lina Luo (M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006) is Program Coordinator of the US/Asia Executive Development Program of the University of Illinois at Chicago