Topic > Intercultural Communication - 1557

In the process of globalization, the intimate relationship between people of different racial, ethnic, national and regional groups becomes a normative thing and is seen as a good sign of the process of integration and social diversity. According to Ho (1990), the definition of “intercultural marriage” is explained as marriage between partners from different racial, ethnic, national, or religious backgrounds. Now intercultural marriage becomes a trend and receives massive attention, which explains why it appears as a frequent topic in numerous magazines, news, documentaries... Many couples are now more interested in this topic and may even have better advice in this field compared to 30 years ago when cross-cultural marriage was such an unknown and also not accepted thing all over the world. Happy marriage is seen as a difficult goal to achieve for everyone because marriage is not a road full of roses with happy and comfortable moments at all times; However, those living in cross-cultural marriage also face the most stressful situation with pressure from society and family. Furthermore, in a high percentage there are problems related to values, eating and consumption habits, gender roles, children's education, attitude towards time, religion, place of residence, stress and ethnocentrism (Romano, 1997). To overcome all conflicts in intercultural relationships, people need to manage the balance between differences and similarities, so that they not only have success and a happy marriage, but also have a great source on how to deal with intercultural communication. mid-21st century, there has been a rapid increase in the number of intercultural marriages, which is the result after the Supreme Court declared that the legal question...... middle of paper ...... worry enough for those who practice this type of marriage. Everything has two sides of its effect, negative and positive. The way people deal with problems flexibly will make them gain more knowledge and skills about intercultural communication, and whether their marriages are successful or not, they will still benefit from it. When we expand our original boundaries, there is still the possibility of knowing something useful for ourselves and completely changing our personality. Works Cited Romano, D (1997). Intercultural Marriage: Promises and Pitfalls (2nd edition). Yarmouth, M.E.: Intercultural Press.Ho, M.K. (1990). Mixed couples in therapy. Springfield, IL: Charles Thomas Publisher.Martin, Judith N. and Thomas K. Nakayama. Intercultural communication in contexts. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2007