Gender in communication : a critical introduction

Author

• DeFrancisco, Victoria Pruin

Additional Author(s)

• McGeough, Danielle Dick
• DeFrancisco, Victoria Pruin

Publisher

London: Sage Publications Ltd, 2014

Language

English

ISBN

9781452220093

Series

Subject(s)

• COMMUNICATION-SEX DIFFERENCES
• SEX ROLE
• GENDER IDENTITY
• COMMUNICATION--SOCIAL ASPECTS

Notes

. Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-297). Includes index (p. 299-309)

Abstract

This second edition examines the variety of ways in which communication of and about gender enables and constrains people's identities. This acclaimed book demonstrates how communication constitutes gender, rather than presenting gender as an influence on communication. Operating from a gender diversity perspective, the authors 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.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xx, 311 p.

Dimension

26 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Foundations. Developing a critical gender/sex lens --
Theories of gender/sex --
Gendered/sexed voices --
Gendered/sexed bodies --
Gendered/sexed language --
Institutions. An introduction to gender in social institutions --
Families --
Education --
Work --
Religion --
Media --
One last look through a critical gendered lens.

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