Talking Acadian : Communication, Work, and Culture
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Title
Talking Acadian : Communication, Work, and Culture
Description
A case study in intercultural communication, with linguistic and psychological insight into the dynamics of an American Acadian community in Gardner, Massachusetts. Large emphasis on the communal value of work, or how ideas about work are situated in the grammar of Acadian American dialogue. From YBK Publishers: " 'Talking Acadian: Communication, Work and Culture' provides a look into the lives of the French-speaking American Acadians, and particularly those who left eastern Canada to settle in Masschusetts in the 1960s. This book captures their stories about family life and their values, mores and morals. It also traces the ways that they use communication to develop and maintain their culture.What the reader learns is that to talk about Acadians you must talk about work. This group gives us new insights into the world of work - a central feature of living for the Acadians and crucial to their self-definition."
Creator
Chetro-Szivos, John
Source
Publisher
YBK Publishers, Incorporated
Date
2006
Language
en
Type
Book
Identifier
Coverage
2006; Gardner, Massachusetts
Contribution Form
Zotero
ISBN
9780976435969
Call Number
Num Pages
157
Place
New York, New York
URL
http://www.ybkpublishers.com/#TalkingAcadian
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