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

• Autore: Brody Leslie
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2001, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 359p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 152.4
• Soggetto topico: Emotions - Sex differences; Families - Sex differences; Sex differences (Psychology); Stereotypes (Social psychology); Interpersonal communication - Sex differences; Families; Emotions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-354) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender, emotion, and the family
• ISBN: 0-674-02882-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449871203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II