{"product_id":"un-welcome-stranger","title":"(Un)Welcome Stranger","description":"\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47682377351512,"sku":"9781476685656","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781476685656_ec336b1a-394f-4ab2-b715-1fb1d6c0f16e.jpg?v=1765387812","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/un-welcome-stranger","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}