Family Talk [[electronic resource] ] : Discourse and Identity in Four American Families

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778392103321
• Autore: Tannen Deborah
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-16381-3; 9786611163815; 0-19-804281-7; 1-4356-0590-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KendallShari; GordonCynthia
• Disciplina: 306.44; 306.870973
• Soggetti: Communication in families; Communication in the family; Discourse analysis; Social Science; Communication in families - United States; Discourse analysis - United States; Sociology & Social History; Family & Marriage; Social Sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; About the Contributors; Transcription Conventions; one: Introduction: Family Talk; part I: Interactional Dynamics: Power and Solidarity; two: Power Maneuvers and Connection Maneuvers in Family Interaction; three: Talking the Dog: Framing Pets as Interactional Resources in Family Discourse; four: "I just feel horribly embarrassed when she does that": Constituting a Mother's Identity; five: Finding the Right Balance between Connection and Control: A Father's Identity Construction in Conversations with His College-Age Daughter; part II: Gendered Identities in Dual-Income Families; six: Father as Breadwinner, Mother as Worker: Gendered Positions in Feminist and Traditional Discourses of Work and Familyseven: Gatekeeping in the Family: How Family Members Position One Another as Decision Makers; eight: A Working Father: One Man's Talk about Parenting at Work; part III: Family Values and Beliefs; nine: "Al Gore's our guy": Linguistically Constructing a Family Political Identity; ten: Sharing Co
• Sommario/riassunto: About the Contributors. Transciption Conventions. 1. Introduction: Family Talk, Shari Kendall. Part 1: Interactional Dynamics: Power and Solidarity. 2. Power Maneuvers and Connection Maneuvers in Family Interaction, Deborah Tannen. 3. Talking the Dog: Framing Pets as Interactional Resources in Family Discourse, Deborah Tannen. 4. "I Feel Just Horribly Embarrassed When She Does That": Constituting a Mother's Identity, Cyntha Gordon. 5. Finding the Right Balance between Connection and Control: A Father's Identity Construction in Conversations with His College-Age Daughter, Diana Marino