Gendered Talk at Work

Constructing Gender Identity Through Workplace Discourse
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1758-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 566 g

Gendered Talk at Work examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication.
- written accessibly by one of the field’s foremost researchers
- explores the ways in which gender contributes to the interpretation of meaning in workplace interaction
- uses original and insightfully analyzed data to focus on the ways in which both women and men draw on gendered discourse resources to enact a range of workplace roles
- illustrates how a qualitative analysis of workplace discourse can throw light on the many ways in which workplace discourse provides a resource for constructing gender identity as one component of our complex socio-cultural identity

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holmes, Janet

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures.

Acknowledgements.

1. The role of gender in workplace talk.

2. Gender and leadership talk at work.

3. Relational practice – not just women’s work.

4. Humour in the workplace – not just men’s play.

5. Contest, challenge and complaint - gendered discourse?.

6. Women and men telling stories at work.

7. Giving women the last word.

Appendix: Transcription Conventions.

References.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Janet Holmes holds a personal Chair in Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington. Her publications include The Blackwell Handbook of Language and Gender (2003; co-edited with Miriam Meyerhoff), Power and Politeness in the Workplace (2003; with Maria Stubbe), and Women, Men and Politeness (1995).