Introduction Part I Literature Chapter One "Linking Language and Literature" Leah Tolbert Lyons Chapter Two "A Bilingual Approach to a Humanities Course: Enriching Japanese Learning through Translating Flash Fiction into English" Catherine Ryu Chapter Three "Engaging Language Policies and Poetics in an African Literature Classroom" Julie Huntington Chapter Four "Finding Meaning in Translation: Critical Reading for Japanese Literature and Film in Translation" Chiaki Takagi Chapter Five "Spanish Golden Age Literature in the General Education Curriculum: Sharing the Riches of Culture and Language" Charlene Kalinoski Part II Linguistics Chapter Six "Japanese and English in Contact: Linguistic and Cultural Perspectives" Priya Ananth Chapter Seven "Understanding Key Sociocultural Concepts in Japanese: Unlocking the Door to Communication" Kathy Negrelli Chapter Eight "Approaching Language Issues Critically: Language in Japanese Society" Rika Ito Chapter Nine "Japanese Sociolinguistics: Reacting to the Past and Beyond" Noriko Akimoto Sugimori Chapter Ten "Language, Identity, and Power in Japan: Gender in Japanese Language" Junko Ueno Part III Culture Chapter Eleven "Teaching Katakana in a Cool Japan Culture Course" Yumiko Tashiro Chapter Twelve "Understanding Chinese Behavioral Culture through Cross-cultural Communication" Junqing (Jessie) Jia Chapter Thirteen "Introducing the Portuguese Language through Brazilian Popular Culture" Soraya Calheiros Nogueira Chapter Fourteen "Culture and Language Appreciation in a History of Latin America Course" Beatriz García Glick Chapter Fifteen "Heroes and Heroínas: Teaching Myths and Legends through Hispanic Culture" Tiffany Gagliardi Trotman Conclusion Sharing the Riches of Culture and Language" Charlene Kalinoski Part II Linguistics Chapter Six "Japanese and English in Contact: Linguistic and Cultural Perspectives" Priya Ananth Chapter Seven "Understanding Key Sociocultural Concepts in Japanese: Unlocking the Door to Communication" Kathy Negrelli Chapter Eight "Approaching Language Issues Critically: Language in Japanese Society" Rika Ito Chapter Nine "Japanese Sociolinguistics: Reacting to the Past and Beyond" Noriko Akimoto Sugimori Chapter Ten "Language, Identity, and Power in Japan: Gender in Japanese Language" Junko Ueno Part III Culture Chapter Eleven "Teaching Katakana in a Cool Japan Culture Course" Yumiko Tashiro Chapter Twelve "Understanding Chinese Behavioral Culture through Cross-cultural Communication" Junqing (Jessie) Jia Chapter Thirteen "Introducing the Portuguese Language through Brazilian Popular Culture" Soraya Calheiros Nogueira Chapter Fourteen "Culture and Language Appreciation in a History of Latin America Course" Beatriz García Glick Chapter Fifteen "Heroes and Heroínas: Teaching Myths and Legends through Hispanic Culture" Tiffany Gagliardi Trotman Conclusion nguage" Junko Ueno Part III Culture Chapter Eleven "Teaching Katakana in a Cool Japan Culture Course" Yumiko Tashiro Chapter Twelve "Understanding Chinese Behavioral Culture through Cross-cultural Communication" Junqing (Jessie) Jia Chapter Thirteen "Introducing the Portuguese Language through Brazilian Popular Culture" Soraya Calheiros Nogueira Chapter Fourteen "Culture and Language Appreciation in a History of Latin America Course" Beatriz García Glick Chapter Fifteen "Heroes and Heroínas: Teaching Myths and Legends through Hispanic Culture" Tiffany Gagliardi Trotman Conclusion hrough Hispanic Culture" Tiffany Gagliardi Trotman Conclusion.