Family talk discourse and identity in four American families /

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Tannen, Deborah, Kendall, Shari, 1965-, Gordon, Cynthia, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Table of 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.