Content: Introduction: New Directions for Intercultural Communication Research Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, & Jing Yin Part I:The Emergence and Evolution of Intercultural Communication Chapter 1. Notes in the History of Intercultural Communication: The Foreign Service Institute and the Mandate for Intercultural Training Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz Chapter 2. The Evolution of International Communication as a Field of Study: A Personal Reflection Gary R. Weaver Chapter 3. The Centrality of Culture in the 20th and 21st Centuries Robert Shuter Chapter 4. Theories of Culture and Communication Bradford `J' Hall Chapter 5. Mapping Cultural Communication Research: 1960s to the Present Ronald L. Jackson II Chapter 6. Sojourning through Intercultural Communication: A Retrospective William J. Starosta Part II: Issues and Challenges in Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Inquiry Chapter 7. Afrocentricity: Toward a New Understanding of African Thought in the World Molefi Kete Asante Chapter 8. The Asiacentric Turn in Asian Communication Studies: Shifting Paradigms and Changing Perspectives Yoshitaka Miike Chapter 9. Indigenous and Authentic: Hawaiian Epistemology and the Triangulation of Meaning Manulani Aluli-Meyer Chapter 10. The Four Seasons of Ethnography: A Creation-Centered Ontology for Ethnography Sarah Amira de la Garza Chapter 11. Encounters in the Third Space: Links between Intercultural Communication Theories and Postcolonial Approaches Britta Kalscheuer Chapter 12. Thinking Dialectically about Culture and Communication Judith N. Martin & Thomas K. Nakayama Part III: Cultural Wisdom and Communication Practices in Context Chapter 13. Nommo, Kawaida, and Communicative Practice: Bringing Good into the World Maulana Karenga Chapter 14. Ubuntu in South Africa: A Sociolinguistic Perspective to a Pan-African Concept Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu Chapter 15. Communication and Cultural Settings: An Islamic Perspective Hamid Mowlana Chapter 16. The Functions of Silence in India: Implications for Intercultural Communication Research Nemi C. Jain & Anuradha Matukumalli Chapter 17. Language and Words: Communication in the Analects of Confucius Hui-Ching Chang Chapter 18. The Two Faces of Chinese Communication Guo-Ming Chen Part IV: Identity, Multiculturalism, and Intercultural Competence Chapter 19. Popular Culture and Public Imaginary: Disney vs. Chinese Stories of Mulan Jing Yin Chapter 20. The Mexican Diaspora: A Critical Examination of Signifiers Susana Rinderle Chapter 21. The Masculine-Feminine Construct in Cross-Cultural Research: The Emergence of a Transcendent Global Culture James W. Chesebro, David T. McMahan, Preston Russett, Eric J. Schumacher, & Junliang Wu Chapter 22. Encounters with the "Other": Personal Notes for a Reconceptualization of Intercultural Communication Competence Gust A. Yep Chapter 23. Applying a Critical Metatheoretical Approach to Intercultural Relations: The Case of U.S.-Japanese Communication. William Kelly Chapter 24. Superheroes in Shanghai: Constructing Transnational Western Men's Identities Phiona Stanley Chapter 25. Beyond Multicultural Man: Complexities of Identity Lise M. Sparrow Chapter 26. Moving the Discourse on Identities in Intercultural Communication: Structure, Culture, and Resignifications S. Lily Mendoza, Rona T. Halualani, & Jolanta A. Drzewiecka Part V: Globalization and Ethical Issues in Intercultural Relations Chapter 27. Ethnic Discourse and the New World Dysorder: A Communitarian Perspective Majid Tehranian Chapter 28. The Hegemony of English and Strategies for Linguistic Pluralism: Proposing the Ecology of Language Paradigm Yukio Tsuda Chapter 29. Languages and Tribal Sovereignty: Whose Language Is It Anyway? Rebecca Blum Martinez Chapter 30. Development and Communication in Sri Lanka: A Buddhist Approach Wimal Dissanayake Chapter 31. Global Village vs. Gandhian Villages: A Viable Vision Kuruvilla Pandikattu Chapter 32. The Context of Dialogue: Globalization and Diversity Tu Weiming Appendix: Intercultural Communication as a Field of Study: A Selected Bibliography of Theory and Research Yoshitaka Miike