Why Tell Stories? Contrasting Themes and Identities in the Narratives of Maori and Pakeha Women and Men

Intercultural Discourse and Communication: The Essential Readings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 110-134

  Holmes, Janet ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross cultural interaction; Ethnographic study; Intercultural communication; Intercultural discourse; Linguistic minorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896279741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470758434.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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