Customer Reviews

Meanings in Madagascar: Cases of Intercultural Communication

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Madagascar I chanced upon this book in the Malagasy PC library. So rare was the book I was not allowed to remove it from our training center and had to read the book in three days. Like the other reviewer stated, I wish I had read this before going to Mada. Very accurate and balance commentary of Malagasy culture and history.

I wish I had found this book before I started my 3 years of work in Madagascar rather than a year into my stay. It gives nuanced, informed and non judgemental insights into communications styles, and more, of Malagasy people in contrast to Europeans and North Americans. Respectful communications are essential in Madagascar. Would also be helpful for Malagasy working with expats to learn non Malagasy communication norms and to release what might have been perceived as rudeness or aggression was quite possibly an admired way of being respectfully direct to a peer in their culture and meant as a professional complement .