Communicating power and gender
By: Deborah J. Borisoff, James W. Chesebro
Contributors: Chesebro, James W.
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Long Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781577666905
Subjects: Communicaiton; Communication and culture; Psychological aspects; Communication; Sex differences; Communication and sex
Description: "As a perceptive and outstanding assessment, Communicating Power and Gender examines the relationships between gender and power and how they are linked to and transformed by the communication process. Within this discussion a host of correlations emerge, crossing social, cultural, historical, political, and racial spheres. In order to anchor their discussion Borisoff and Chesebro define the terms gender, power, and communication, which provides an operational platform from which to view fundamental issues such as the effects of stereotyping and verbal and nonverbal communication by gender. The authors also consider four contexts that shape and influence gender socialization and sex-role constructions: mediated communication and gender roles in various media systems, early socialization in the home, the educational landscape, and women and men in the workplace."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.197-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: The stereotype: fiction or fact; title: Verbal and nonverbal face-to-face communication by gender; title: Mediated communication and gender roles; title: Early socialization in the home: influencing gendered scripts; title: The educational landscape: connecting gender and identity; title: Gendered scripts: women and men in the workplace.