This volume is a self-selected anthology of academic writingsby Shi Xu which have been published in various internationaloutlets since 1990s. Indicative of his personal intellectualjourney through different parts of the world， this collectioncontains cultural critiques of mainstream language and discoursestudies， enquiries into cultural forms of human discourses， andexplorations in culturally unfamiliar or new discourses. It isdesigned for anyone who is interested in going beyond traditionalbounds of discourse and munication studies and engaging inculturally conscious and critical approaches to humaninteraction.
