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Publication details [#58045]

Murphy, Alexandra G. 2013. Discursive Frictions: Power, Identity, and Culture in an International Working Partnership. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 6 (1) : 1–20.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

health | identity negotiation | language and culture | language use | power

Language as a subject

English, American | Languages, Kenyan

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

Drawing on a six-year U.S.-Kenyan teamwork to foster HIV/AIDS education, this paper examines the possible discursive tensions that may appear when universal aims, like science and health, meet local practitioners' material, cultural, religious and political realities.