Constructing and Reconstructing Gender: The Links among Communication, Language, and Gender

Perry, Linda A.M. et al

ISBN 10: 0791410102 / ISBN 13: 9780791410103

Published by State University of New York Press, New York, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constructing and Reconstructing Gender: The Links among Communication, Language, and Gender
• Publisher: State University of New York Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791410102
• ISBN 13: 9780791410103
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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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 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.