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2014 (First published 1978)
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Where numbers of different cultural groups come together, misunderstandings and tensions can arise, even where there is the greatest goodwill on both sides. In this book the authors set out to explore the situations and contexts in which cross cultural misunderstandings can occur.
Talking Past Each Other was first published in 1978 and has since been read widely and reprinted regularly.
Dame Joan Metge taught in the Anthropology Department of Victoria University of Wellington from 1965 until her retirement in 1987. Her other books include In and Out of Touch: Whakamaa in Cross Cultural Context (1986) and New Growth from Old: The Whanau in the Modern World (1995).
Patricia Laing (Kinloch) taught in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Victoria University of Wellington. She is the author of Talking Health but Doing Sickness: Studies in Samoan Health (1985).
