Rhetoric in Intercultural Contexts identifies and confronts the challenges facing critics of rhetorical action when the focus of study contains a mixture of cultural traditions and practices. The chapters in this book are both reflections on the limitations of monocultural critical approaches and visions of intercultural critical possibilities. Part I introduces the rationale for the booka??s theme and provides an overview of chapters. Part II contains six chapters that connect specific critical perspectives a?? postmodern, Africalogical, ethnographic, historical a?? to intercultural rhetorical criticism. Part III contains four chapters that examine rhetoric in intercultural contexts. Part IV is the Forum, in which William J. Starosta, a leading proponent of intercultural rhetorical studies, describes his efforts to develop attention to intercultural rhetoric. John C. Hammerback and Raka Shome respond to his framework and to the need for rhetorical critics to adopt an intercultural sensibility.

Vanessa Bowles Beasley (Ph.D.) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech Communication at Texas AandM University Donal Carbaugh (Ph.D.) is Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Lynda Dee Dixon (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor in the Department of Interpersonal Communication at Bowling Green State University Elizabeth Gareis (Ed.D.) is Associate Professor at Baruch College Mary M. Garrett (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Wayne State University Alberto Gonzalez (Ph.D.) is Professor and Chair in the Department of Interpersonal Communication at Bowling Green State University John C. Hammerback (Ph.D.) is Professor of Speech Communication at California State University, Hayward Ronald L. Jackson II (Ph.D.) is a cultural communicologist Ringo Ma (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor of Communication at State University of New York, Fredonia Raymie E. McKerrow (Ph.D.) is Professor in the School of Interpersonal Communication at Ohio University Kathi Lynn Pauley (M.A.) is Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Calvin College and a doctoral candidate at The Pennsylvania State University Tarla Rai Peterson (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor in the Speech Communication Department at Texas AandM University Paul M. Shaver (Ph.D.) is Vice President of Sabine Telecommunications Services, Inc., in Conroe, Texas Raka Shome (Ph.D.) teaches at Arizona State University Robert Shuter (Ph.D.) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Marquette University William J. Starosta (Ph.D.) is Professor of Intercultural Communication at Howard University Dolores V. Tanno (Ph.D.) is Professor of Communication at the University of Nevada Karen Wolf (Ph.D.) is Assistant Professor at Oregon State University