Coates Men Talk

Stories in the Making of Masculinities
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-75464-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Men Talk draws on rich conversational material from a widerange of contexts to illuminate our understanding of men andmasculinities at the turn of the millennium.
* * Draws on rich conversational material to illuminate ourunderstanding of men and masculinities at the turn of themillennium.
* Collects data from a wide range of conversations, includinggarage mechanics on a break, carpenters at the pub after work, anduniversity academics chatting after hours.
* Focuses on stories, which occur within all-maleconversations.
* Makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of theintersection of language and masculinity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coates, Jennifer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. 'We was Playing Naked Football the Other Night': Introduction.
2. 'Good Story!': The Formal Characteristics of MaleNarrative.
3. 'So I Thought 'Bollocks to it': Men, Stories andMasculinities.
4. 'Bad as My Mate': Stories in Sequence.
5. 'She'd Made Sardines in Aspic': Women's Stories, Men'sStories and the Construction of Gender.
6. 'I'm Quite Good at Mexican Food': Men's Narratives in MixedConversation.
7. 'Still in Shock Weren't You Darling': Masculinity and theHeterosexual Couple.
8. 'There are Problems': Men's Talk and ContemporaryMasculinities.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Coates is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Surrey Roehampton. She is author of Women Talk (Blackwell, 1996) and editor of Language and Gender: A Reader (Blackwell, 1997).