Family talk : discourse and identity in four American families / edited by Deborah Tannen, Shari Kendall, Cynthia Gordon.
Contributor(s): Tannen, Deborah | Kendall, Shari | Gordon, Cynthia.
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BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: xiv, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780195313888 (alk. paper : cloth); 0195313887 (alk. paper : cloth); 9780195313895 (alk. paper : pbk); 0195313895 (alk. paper : pbk).Subject(s): Communication in families -- United States -- Case studies | Discourse analysis -- United StatesDDC classification: 306.870973 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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