Constructing and Reconstructing Gender: The Links Among Communication, Language, and Gender (SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791410102 ISBN 13: 9780791410103

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1992

Synopsis

A multifaceted analysis of gender.

Constructing and Reconstructing Gender is an excellent compendium of current research, and will be appealing and useful to those interested in gender issues in a wide variety of disciplines. This book cuts across disciplines and scholarly methods, drawing from many backgrounds, including Communication, Linguistics, English, Business, Law, and Psychology. The interweaving of rhetorical, critical, phenomenological, and statistical methods gives readers a multifaceted analysis of gender.

At the same time that this book shows the value of gender research in provoking new currents of thought, it also brings into focus two aspects of gender that are often confused: how gender operates as a cultural category that affects communication behavior, and how communication and language function to create gender categories.

About this title

About the Author

Linda A. M. Perry is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at The University of San Diego. Lynn H. Turner and Helen M. Sterk are Assistant Professors at Marquette University's Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791410102
• ISBN 13: 9780791410103
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Perry Linda A. M., Turner Lynn H., Sterk Helen M.