Short description Starting from the premise that interpersonal
communication is inseparable from culture, this collection moves
beyond traditional approaches to the subject by foregrounding
the ways in which interpersonal relationships emerge through
culturally mediated language practices. It proposes a new
approach to interpersonal communication, based in ethnography
and performance. It features ethnographic articles that are
inviting and accessible to beginning students. It includes
articles with detailed transcripts of conversation that students
can analyze while providing them with conceptual and practical
tools to develop their own ethnographic research on language
practices. From the contents Preface for Instructors Editors'
Acknowledgements Acknowledgements to Sources Introduction: Jane
E. Goodman and Leila Monaghan Part I: Ethnographer's Toolkit
Part II: Applying the Ethnographer's Toolkit Part III:
Ethnography of Talk: From Language Form to Social Solidarity
Part IV: Communication and Social Groups: