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On being foreign : culture shock in short fiction : an international anthology / [print] On being foreign Tom J. Lewis, Robert E. Jungman, editors. - Yarmouth, Maine : Intercultural Press, (c)1986. - xxv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Preliminary Phase -- Longing for America -- Alienation -- America -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories Julio Ramon Ribeyro -- Arthur Schnitzler -- Spectator phase -- You have left your lotus pods on the bus -- Odd tippling -- The little governess -- Saree of the gods -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories Kurt Kusenberg -- Katherine Mansfield -- G.S. Sharat Chandra -- Increasing participation phase -- The growing stone -- Everything is nice -- Robert Aghion -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories Jane Bowles -- Hermann Hesse -- Shock phase -- Pastor Dowe at Tacate -- The blue hotel -- An outpost of progress -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories Stephen Crane -- Joseph Conrad -- Adaption phase -- The overlap -- The door in the wall -- East and West -- Story of the warrior and the captive -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories Oliver La Farge -- Rudyard Kipling -- Jorge Luis Borges -- Re-entry phase -- Yard sale -- Home sickness -- The captive -- Questions for discussion -- List of additional stories George Moore -- Jorge Luis Borges. David Rubin -- Paul Bowles -- Albert Camus -- Paul Bowles -- John Bovey -- Paul Theroux --

A selection of short stories by such authors as Albert Camus, Jorge Luis Borges, Jane Bowles, Joseph Conrad, Stephen Crane, Hermann Hesse, Rudyard Kipling and Katherine Mansfield. They lead the reader through the stages of cross-cultural adjustment and provide insights into the psyche of the foreigner. The work is designed as a text in advanced English as a second language, in world literature courses and for intercultural studies. https://www.amazon.com/Being-Foreign-Culture-International-Anthology/dp/0933662629/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=On+being+foreign+culture+shock+in+short+fiction&qid=1575419045&sr=8-1



ISBN: 9780933662629

LCCN: 86081109

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: (AMICUS)000007657958

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction.
Assimilation (Sociology)--Fiction.
Culture shock--Fiction.

Subjects--Index Terms: Short Story Anthologies.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Short story genre.

LC Class. No.: PN6120.J95.O534 1986 PN6120