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Family talk : discourse and identity in four American families / edited by Deborah Tannen, Shari Kendall, Cynthia Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in families--United States--Case studies.
- Communication in families.
- Discourse analysis--United States.
- Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- About the Contributors. Transciption Conventions. 1. Introduction: Family Talk, Shari Kendall. Part 1: Interactional Dynamics: Power and Solidarity. 2. Power Maneuvers and Connection Maneuvers in Family Interaction, Deborah Tannen. 3. Talking the Dog: Framing Pets as Interactional Resources in Family Discourse, Deborah Tannen. 4. "I Feel Just Horribly Embarrassed When She Does That": Constituting a Mother's Identity, Cyntha Gordon. 5. Finding the Right Balance between Connection and Control: A Father's Identity Construction in Conversations with His College-Age Daughter, Diana Marino
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-16381-3
- 9786611163815
- 0-19-804281-7
- 1-4356-0590-X
- OCLC:
- 476241561
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