From the Journal of Intercultural Communication, Iris Rittenhofer (ASB): Interview without a subject: The Russian doll question and cultural encounters; Mark Ward (Clemson): Avatars and Sojourners: Explaining the Acculturation of Newcomers to Multiplayer Online Games as Cross-Cultural Adaptations; Arve Gunnestad and Anne-Mari Larsen (Queen Maud) and Stella Nguluka (Bokamoso): Resilience in Minorities; Sabrina Fusari (Trento) and Ilaria Montagni (Bologna): Between English Humour and National Stereotypes: Translating Stephen Clarke’s Novel Merde Happens into Italian; and Harald Martin Olk (Putra): Translation, Cultural Knowledge and Intercultural Competence. Tea Party Jesus: A mischievous blog that puts seemingly un-Christian quotes from conservatives into the mouth of Jesus catches fire and triggers debate. With the rest of would-be mass culture riding the greased slide of Web 2.0’s “long tail” into relative obscurity, Lady Gaga’s massive popularity suggests that the disappearance of the mainstream has been a deeply felt loss for culture at large. A review of The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography by Katherine Harmon. A review of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the New American Politics by Ronald M. Peters Jr. and Cindy Simon Rosenthal (and more). Dirty Medicine: How medical supply behemoths stick it to the little guy, making America’s health care system more dangerous and expensive. A review of The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America by Andy McCarthy. Does it make sense to make generalizations about behavior using only the sample of backpack-bearing humanity that can be found roaming free on our nation's campuses? Meet John Stossel, the brand new nutty Fox News host, who thinks unregulated capitalism can solve America's racial problems.
