{"product_id":"the-unwelcome-stranger-jeff-morgan-9781476685656","title":"The (Un)Welcome Stranger: Intercultural Sensitivity in Six American Novels","description":"This book explores the possibilities of intercultural training through literature, especially as related to collegiate study abroad programs. It presents a behavioral analysis of American literary characters through the lens of Milton Bennett's Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity, which identifies sensitivity to cultural differences within a six-stage developmental continuum. The literary characters studied in this work all undergo an early separation which forces them to experience and relate to different worldviews. \u003ci\u003eMoby Dick\u003c\/i\u003e's Ishmael leaves land for an epic whaling adventure. Hester is forced to live on the outskirts of town in \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e. The nameless protagonist of \u003ci\u003eThe Country of the Pointed Firs\u003c\/i\u003e leaves the city for the country. The title character of \u003ci\u003eThe American\u003c\/i\u003e emigrates to Europe. Ellison's narrator in \u003ci\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/i\u003e experiences a series of separations, starting at his college acceptance. \u003ci\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/i\u003e' Robert Jordan leaves his Montana teaching job to fight in the Spanish Civil War. The book tracks each character's progress along Bennett's continuum, demonstrating how people--both real and fictional--can manifest intercultural sensitivity through exposure to different people, places, and experiences. The book concludes with a firsthand account of how the author's own students advanced along Bennett's continuum themselves following an intensive study of Ernest Hemingway's novels and a study abroad experience in Havana, Cuba.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476685657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476685656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland and Company, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Jeff Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47135347638527,"sku":"9781476685656","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb4e8ebd-4d76-4679-8155-6e02d7666f5d.jpg?v=1755009879","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unwelcome-stranger-jeff-morgan-9781476685656","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}