Communication

John T. Warren (Late) was professor of Speech Communication at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His major research and teaching centered in Communication Pedagogy, Performance Studies, and Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. He was the author of numerous books including Performing Purity: Whiteness, Pedagogy and the Reconstitution of Power; Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts; Critical Communication Pedagogy; and the SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction. He also authored articles for several education and communication studies journals, including Educational Theory, Communication Education, and Text and Performance Quarterly. Deanna L. Fassett is Department Chair and professor of communication pedagogy at San José State University where she has, since 2002, mentored her department’s graduate student instructors.  She is the author and editor of three other books:  Coordinating the Communication Course:  A Guidebook, Critical Communication Pedagogy, The SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction, and Communication: A Critical/Cultural Introduction, Second Edition. Her published research has appeared in a broad array of communication studies journals, including Basic Communication Course Annual, Communication Education, Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, and Text and Performance Quarterly.

• PrefacePart I: First Principles1. Communication: A Cultural Introduction2. Communication and Power: A Cultural History3. Public Advocacy: Commitments and ResponsibilityPart II: Communication Processes and Skills4. Compassionate Critical Listening5. Groups and Alliances in Culture6. Identity and Perception7. Language and CulturePart III: Communication Contexts8. Embodied Knowledge and Non-Verbal Communication9. Language and Power in Our Cultural Lives10. Interpersonal Relationships in Culture11. Mediated Culture(s)12. Communication as a Means of Social ActionGlossaryIndexAbout the Authors

"I like that interpersonal communication is explained as communication between people who have some sort of stake in one another. I can’t help but think of what a difference it would make if all of our students thought of communication in this way. In like manner, to frame interpersonal communication as the intersection of self, Other and culture is really useful…. This book is making me think."