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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779232303321

Titolo

Gender in applied communication contexts [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Patrice M. Buzzanell, Helen Sterk, Lynn H. Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2004

ISBN

0-7619-2864-2

1-322-42204-4

1-4522-6708-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 373 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

BuzzanellPatrice M

SterkHelen M. <1952->

TurnerLynn H

Disciplina

302.2

Soggetti

Communication - Social aspects

Sex role

Women - Communication

Feminist theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-356) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; 1 - When They Know Who We Are; 2 - Revisiting Sexual Harassment in Academe; 3 - Women, Men, and Changing Organizations; 4 - Commentary; 5 - Women Cancer Survivors; 6 - The Defining of Menopause; 7 - Consuming Breasts; 8 - Reframing Communication During Gynecological Exams; 9 - Commentary; 10 - Metaphor in the Classroom; 11 - From Transgression to Transformation; 12 - Body Shape(ing) Discourse; 13 - Aggression in Interethnic Encounters; 14 - Commentary; 15 - Entrepreneurial Mothers' Balance of Work and Family; 16 - Playground or Training Ground?

17 - Masculinities and Violence Among Intimates18 - Commentary; References; About the Editors; About the Contributors; About the Commentators

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of readings takes a feminist approach to understanding four specific types of communication organizational, health, family, and pedagogical. Eighteen original contributions from academics and



communications professionals address such topics as the linguistic features of sexual harassment, the defining of menopause, the function of.