1st Edition
The Lebowski Shock Deconstructing Normative Intercultural Paradigms
1. Introduction: What is Lebowski Shock? 2. The Bethune Shock: Transcending Normative Ideological Labels 3. The Church Shock: Deconstructing Essentialist Religious Thinking 4. The Directness Shock: Suppressing Extrapolative Cultural Categorizations 5. The BBQ Shock: Examining Food as an Anthropological and Cultural Artifact 6. The School Shock: Exploring Complex Structural Reasons behind Pedagogical Differences 7. The Freedom Shock: Breaking the Imposition of Hegemonic Western Discourses 8. The Debt Shock: Dismantling the “Cheap Chinese” Stereotype through Systems Thinking 9. The Hofstede Shock: Revealing the Limitations of Binary Cultural Dimensions 10. The University Shock: Challenging the Myth of Universal “Best Practices” 11. The Chinatown Shock: Foregrounding the Complexity of Cultural Identity 12. Conclusion: Revisiting the Four Design Features of the Lebowski Shock
Biography
Wei Liu, PhD, works at the University of Alberta International, managing the Global Academic Leadership Development (GALD) Program. His research interests include foreign language education, intercultural communication education, and international higher education.
