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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830310003321

Autore

Coates Jennifer <1942->

Titolo

Men talk : stories in the making of masculinities / / Jennifer Coates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Pub., , [2003]

©2003

ISBN

1-281-32301-2

9786611323011

0-470-75561-X

0-470-75464-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 219 p.)

Disciplina

401.41081

Soggetti

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Men - Language

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 (pages [203]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. 'We was Playing Naked Football the Other Night': Introduction. 2. 'Good Story!': The Formal Characteristics of Male Narrative. 3. 'So I Thought 'Bollocks to it': Men, Stories and Masculinities. 4. 'Bad as My Mate': Stories in Sequence. 5. 'She'd Made Sardines in Aspic': Women's Stories, Men's Stories and the Construction of Gender. 6. 'I'm Quite Good at Mexican Food': Men's Narratives in Mixed Conversation. 7. 'Still in Shock Weren't You Darling': Masculinity and the Heterosexual Couple. 8. 'There are Problems': Men's Talk and Contemporary Masculinities. Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work draws on rich conversational material from a wide range of contexts to illuminate our understanding of men and masculinities at the turn of the millennium. Coates examines spontaneous conversations involving all-male groups.