Contesting Grand Narratives of the Intercultural

Contesting Grand Narratives of the Intercultural uses an auto-ethnographic account of the author's experience of living in Iran in the 1970s to demonstrate the constant struggle to prevent the intercultural from being dominated by essentialist grand narratives.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Interrogating Cultural Difference | Chapter 2: Spaces | Chapter 3: Stories, Media and Histories | Chapter 4: Language and Concepts | Chapter 5: Classrooms, Time and Professionalism | Chapter 6: Revisiting An Experience

About the author

Adrian Holliday is a Professor of Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

Summary

Contesting Grand Narratives of the Intercultural uses an auto-ethnographic account of the author’s experience of living in Iran in the 1970s to demonstrate the constant struggle to prevent the intercultural from being dominated by essentialist grand narratives.

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Holliday, Holliday Adrian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032185446
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3218544-6
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: Routledge Focus on Applied Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Society and culture: general