Constituting Cultural Difference Through Discourse

Mary Jane Collier (Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1982) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Human Communication Studies, School of Communication, at the University of Denver. Her research interests focus on such cultural identities and discourses across multiple contexts. Her work appears in such journals as: Communication Monographs, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Communication Quarterly, and Howard Journal of Communication, and in various scholarly books and texts.

Mary Jane Collier brings together essays that address issues such as how culture and discourse are related. It examines how people with varied cultural identities draw their boundaries and create distinctiveness through their communication with one another, and presents timely and relevant research on cultural difference as a contemporary social problem. The contributors to this volume represent a variety of cultural groups, and their discussions reflect a diverse array of perspectives on discourse analysis, ranging from localized, situated interpretations of group members' in-group dialogues to informed analyses of public images and texts. The content of this work demonstrates that research on discourse and culture is relevant to the dynamic global and sociocultural environment.

Constituting Cultural Difference Through Discourse - Mary Jane Collier Current Research Themes of Politics, Perspectives, and ProblematicsChallenging the Myth of Assimilation - Lisa A Flores A Chicana Feminist ResponseEnacting "Puerto Rican Time" in the United States - Trudy MilburnWhen Rhetorical Theory and Practice Encounter Postcolonialism - Marouf Hasian Jr Rethinking the Meaning of Farrakhan and the Million Man March AddressNegotiating Societal Stereotypes - Mark P Orbe, Kiesha T Warren and Nancy C Cornwell Analyzing The Real World Discourse by and about African American MenMedia and Colonialism - Raka Shome Race, Rape, and "Englishness" in The Jewel in the Crown Similar or Different? - Yoko Nadamitsu, Ling Chen and Gustav Friedrich The Chinese Experience of Japanese CultureExploring the Communication/Culture Connection - Yumiko Yokochi and Bradford ¿J¿ Hall A Comparison of Japanese and American DiscourseInterclass Travel, Cultural Adaptation, and "Passing" as a Disjunctive Inter/Cultural Practice - Dreama MoonDiscursive Construction of Differences - Jolanta A Drzewiecka Ethnic Immigrant Identities and DistinctionA Face-Driven Account of Identity Exchanges in Israeli-Palestinian "Dialogue" Events - Yael-Janette Zupnik"In the Beginning..." - Rivka Ribak Israeli Jews and Arabs Construct Intifadas and Selves