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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817490703321

Autore

Brody Leslie

Titolo

Gender, emotion, and the family [[electronic resource] /] / Leslie Brody

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2001, c1999

ISBN

0-674-02882-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 359p. ) : ill

Disciplina

152.4

Soggetti

Emotions - Sex differences

Families - Sex differences

Sex differences (Psychology)

Stereotypes (Social psychology)

Interpersonal communication - Sex differences

Families

Emotions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-354) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- I The Nature and Extent of Gender Differences -- 2 Understanding Emotional Expression -- 3 Words, Faces, Voices, and Behaviors -- 4 Physiological Arousal and Patterns of Emotional Expression -- 5 Sad or Mad? The Quality of Emotions -- II Gender, Biology, and the Family -- 6 The State of the Art: Biological Differences? -- 7 Transactional Relationships within Families -- 8 Gender Identification and De-identification in the Family -- 9 Fathers and the Family Climate -- III Cultural Origins and Consequences of Gender Differences -- 10 Social Motives, Power, and Roles -- 11 Stereotypes and Display Rules -- 12 The Power of Peers -- 13 The Health Consequences of Gender- Stereotypic Emotional Expression -- 14 Rethinking Gender and Emotion -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Popular stereotypes hold that women express their feelings more than men, but Leslie Brody argues that nurture, not nature, is the stronger force. Culture, ethnicity, status and particularly the organisation of the family all affect emotional expression.