| Description |
xiv, 329 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: family talk / Shari Kendall. Pt. I. Interactional dynamics: power and solidarity. Power maneuvers and connection maneuvers in family interaction / Deborah Tannen -- Talking the dog: framing pets as interactional resources in family disourse / Deborah Tannen -- "I just feel horribly embarrassed when she does that": constituting a mother's identity / Cynthia Gordon -- Finding the right balance between connection and control: a father's identity construction in conversations with his college-age daughter / Diana Marinova. Pt. II. Gendered identities in dual-income families. Father as breadwinner, mother as worker: gendered positions in feminist and traditional discourses of work and family / Shari Kendall -- Gatekeeping in the family: how family members position one another as decision makers / Alexandra Johnston -- A working father: one man's talk about parenting at work / Cynthia Gordon, Deborah Tannen, Aliza Sacknovitz. Pt. III. Family values and beliefs. "A gore's our guy": linguistically constructing a family political identity / Cynthia Gordon -- Sharing common ground: the role of place reference in parent-child conversation / Philip LeVine -- Family members interacting while watching TV / Alla V. Tovaresn. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Communication in families -- United States -- Case studies.
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Discourse analysis -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Tannen, Deborah.
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Kendall, Shari, 1965-
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Gordon, Cynthia, 1975-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780195313888 (alk. paper : cloth) |
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0195313887 (alk. paper : cloth) |
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9780195313895 (alk. paper : pbk) |
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0195313895 (alk. paper : pbk) |
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