Cultural Essentialism in Intercultural Relations

1. Introduction: Omnipresent Culture, Omnipotent Cultures
Fred Dervin, Regis Machart

Part I. Cultural Essentialism in the Judiciary

2. Cultural Essentialism and Foreigner-as-Criminal Discourse
Damian J. Rivers

3. Culture Offenses Instead of Cultural Defence: Criminalisation of Oppression against Women in the Name of Culture
Gabriel Hallevy

Part II. Cultural Essentialism and Artistic Expression

4. Interrogating Cultural Excuses for and the Otherness of Australian Circus Performers: Implications for Intercultural Communication and Education
Patrick A. Danaher

5. Learning to See Differently: The Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Margaret Baguley

6. Difference Is No Excuse: Separate Struggles, Shared Concerns, and the Articulation of Collective Identity in Contemporary Anglophone Poetry
Antonio Cuadrado-Fernandez

Part III. Discourses of Culture and Their Societal Implications

7. Beyond “Culture”: Nationalistic and Monolinguistic Ideologies in Quebec
Elatiana Razafimandimbimanana

8. Essentialising the Convenient Baba-Nyonyas of the Heritage City of Melaka (Malaysia)
Sep Neo Lim

9. Increased Understanding and Empathy through Intercultural Training? The Case of Alelo’s Virtual Cultural Awareness Trainer for Military Personnel
Karin Zotzmann

10. Afterword
Adrian Holliday

Keywords: Social Sciences, Sociology, general, Sociology of Culture, Ethnicity Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Anthropology