You will want to take a guidebook with you-perhaps one from the
Let's Go series, one of the Michelin "Green Guides," the
"Lonely Planet" series or a Fodor's Guide.
Also recommended are:
Althen, Gary, American Ways, Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press,
1988.
Brislin, Richard. Understanding Culture's Influence on Behavior.
Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1993.
Caroll, Raymonde (translated by Carol Volk), Cultural Misunderstandings:
The French-American Experience, Chicago, University of Chicago
Press, 1988. Note: The ideas in this book relate to cross-cultural
experiences and communication in general as well as the French-American
experience.
*Gass, Susan. "Women Studying Abroad" in Transitions
Abroad, http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/solowomantraveler/womenstudyingabroad.shtml
Gudykunst, William B., StellaTing-Toomey, and Tsukasa Nishida,
eds, Communication in Personal Relationships Across Cultures,
Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1996.
Hall, Edward T., Beyond Culture, New York: Doubleday, 1976,1981.
Hall, Edward T., The Silent Language, New York: Anchor, 1981.
Hess, J. Daniel. The Whole World Guide to Culture Learning. Yarmouth,
ME: Intercultural Press, 1994.
Jansz, N. and Miranda Davies, eds. More Women Travel: Adventures
and Advice from more than 60 Countries. Rough Guide Travel Series.
Kohls, Robert L. Survival Kit for Overseas Living, Yarmouth, Me.:
Intercultural Press, 1984.
*Lee, Elaine, Go Girl! The Black Woman's Book of Travel and Adventure,
Portland, OR: The Eighth Mountain Press, 1997.
Lewis, T.J. and Jungmann, R.E. eds., On Being Foreign: Culture
Shock in Short Fiction, Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1986.
*Piet-Pelon, Nancy J. and Barbara Hornby, Women's Guide to Overseas
Living, Second Edition, Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1992.
*Sanders, Christa E. "Voicing Concern about Discrimination
Abroad: The History and Experience of Voices of Change in Working
with US Students in Spain" in SAFETI On-line Newsletter,
Volume 1, No. 2, Spring-Summer 2000. http://www.globaled.us/safeti/v1n2_sanders.html
Stewart, Edward and Milton Bennett, American Cultural Patterns:
A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Second Edition, Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural
Press, 1988.
Storti, C. The Art of Crossing Cultures, Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural
Press, 1990
Storti, C. The Art of Coming Home, Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural
Press, 2001
*Various. Diversity Issues in Study Abroad, http://www.brown.edu/Administration/OIP/pdf_docs/diversity_st_abroad01.pdf.
Collection of quotes from study abroad participants from Brown
University who are ethnic minorities.
*Various. "Reflections of Asian American Students."
NAFSA Conference 2002 presentation.
*Indicates books and websites that deal with identity issues and
study abroad
LGBT RESOURCES
http://www.studyabroad.com/handbook/cultdiff.html#gay
Study Abroad handbook with a section on LBGT issues to consider.
http://gayguide.net/index2.html
Country-by-country information obtained from returnees about climate.
http://www.indiana.edu/~overseas/lesbigay/student.htm
NAFSA's Rainbow Special Interest Group's website. It includes
numerous web links and a bibliography.
http://www.iglhrc.org
RECOMMENDED FOR PARENTS
Hoffa, William W., Study Abroad: A Parent's Guide, Washington
DC: NAFSA: Association of International Educators, 1998 (Available
through NAFSA Publications, 202.737.3699, or www.nafsa.org)
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