Gender in Communication - A Critical Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Victoria Pruin DeFrancisco! Ph.D.! is a Professor of Communication Studies and affiliate faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. She teaches courses in gender! intercultural! and interpersonal communication. She is also coordinator of the university-wide Campus Coalition Builders' diversity iInclusion program! affiliated with NCBI.org. Klappentext Examining the variety of ways in which communication of and about gender enables and constrains people's identities. This student focused book demonstrates how communication constitutes gender! rather than presenting gender as an influence on communication. Operating from an intersectional gender diversity perspective! they show how a focus on gender/sex alone omits the richness of diverse gendered lives. In addition! they explore how gender is constructed through interpersonal and public discourse in! about! and by the social institutions of family! education! work! religion! and media. Throughout the book! readers are equipped with critical analysis tools they can use to form their own conclusions about the ever-changing processes of gender in communication. Zusammenfassung Taking an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach! this popular textbook examines the variety of ways in which communication of and about gender both enables and constrains people's identities. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefacePART I: FOUNDATIONS1. Developing a Critical Gender/Sex Lens2. Theories of Gender/Sex3. Gendered/Sexed Voices4. Gendered/Sexed Bodies5. Gendered/Sexed LanguagePART II: INSTITUTIONS6. An Introduction to Gender in Social Institutions7. Families8. Education9. Work10. Religion11. Media12. One Last Look Through a Critical Gendered Lens

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• Authors: Victoria L. Defrancisco, Victoria Pruin DeFrancisco, Victoria Pruin Palczewski Defrancisco, Victoria Pruin/ Palczewski Defrancisco, Danielle McGeough, Danielle D. McGeough, Danielle Dick McGeough, Catherine H. Palczewski, Catherine Helen Palczewski
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2013
• EAN: 9781452220093
• ISBN: 978-1-4522-2009-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries