TY - BOOK ID - 7987177 TI - Exploring transculturalism : a biographical approach AU - Berg, Wolfgang. AU - Ni Eigeartaigh, Aoileann. PY - 2010 SN - 3531172867 9786613172617 1283172615 3531924400 PB - Wiesbaden : VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften, DB - UniCat KW - Cross-cultural orientation. KW - Cultural relations. KW - Intercultural communication. KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Sociology & Social History KW - Anthropology KW - Social Sciences KW - Social & Cultural Anthropology KW - Social Change KW - Cross-cultural studies. KW - Comparison of cultures KW - Inter-cultural studies KW - Intercultural studies KW - Trans-cultural studies KW - Transcultural studies KW - Social sciences. KW - Sociology. KW - Social Sciences. KW - Knowledge - Discourse. KW - Sociology, general. KW - Culture KW - Ethnology KW - Social sciences KW - Methodology KW - Social theory UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7987177 AB - Transnational mobility is a widespread phenomenon. It has a big impact on the lives of the individuals who travel or migrate. In order to survive and achieve their goals, they have to go through a process of learning with regard to the cultural texts and practices they now confront. They have to cope with a range of rules and tools with which they are not familiar. In some cases, migrants will simply adopt these rules and practices. In others, their engagement with them will lead to fundamental changes in the host culture. Wolfgang Berg and Aoileann Ní Éigeartaigh interrogate the notion of „transculturalism” in an interdisciplinary way and explore the tensions inherent in contemporary theories of culture and identity. Exploring the (auto)biographical writings of transcultural protagonists, the authors show that crossing borders remains a difficult and challenging experience. The book will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of cultural/intercultural studies, literature, and social science. ER -