{"product_id":"the-unwelcome-stranger-intercultural-sensitivity-in-six-american-novels-paperback","title":"The (Un)Welcome Stranger: Intercultural Sensitivity in Six American Novels - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book explores the possibilities of intercultural training through literature, especially as related to collegiate study abroad programs. It presents a behavioral analysis of American literary characters through the lens of Milton Bennett's Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity, which identifies sensitivity to cultural differences within a six-stage developmental continuum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The literary characters studied in this work all undergo an early separation which forces them to experience and relate to different worldviews. \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e's Ishmael leaves land for an epic whaling adventure. Hester is forced to live on the outskirts of town in \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e. The nameless protagonist of \u003ci\u003eThe Country of the Pointed Firs\u003c\/i\u003e leaves the city for the country. The title character of \u003ci\u003eThe American\u003c\/i\u003e emigrates to Europe. Ellison's narrator in \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e experiences a series of separations, starting at his college acceptance. \u003ci\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/i\u003e' Robert Jordan leaves his Montana teaching job to fight in the Spanish Civil War. The book tracks each character's progress along Bennett's continuum, demonstrating how people--both real and fictional--can manifest intercultural sensitivity through exposure to different people, places, and experiences. The book concludes with a firsthand account of how the author's own students advanced along Bennett's continuum themselves following an intensive study of Ernest Hemingway's novels and a study abroad experience in Havana, Cuba.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, and the author of four books, numerous essays and poems. He lives in Boynton Beach, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 155\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48453271486685,"sku":"9781476685656","price":97.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/C4dSkwMbtm9781476685656.webp?v=1787889242","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-unwelcome-stranger-intercultural-sensitivity-in-six-american-novels-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}