Stella Ting-Toomey proposed that maintaining this concept is universal in all communications in a namesake “negotiation theory.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this concept, a type of public self-image that can be translated from the Chinese words liǎn (“lee-EN”) or miànzi (“mee-EN-tsuh”).
ANSWER: face [accept face negotiation theory]
[10h] This thinker pioneered “face” in the west with the concept of facework in an essay in the collection Interaction Ritual. A communication theory by Kenneth Burke inspired this thinker to develop impression management.
ANSWER: Erving Goffman (Kenneth Burke’s dramatism inspired Goffman’s dramaturgical analysis.)
[10e] The Chinese concept of face was adopted in this country’s concept of mentsu. Ruth Benedict examined this country’s “shame” culture at a distance in The Chrysanthemum and the Sword.
ANSWER: Japan [or Nippon; or Nihon]
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