Full Description
Packed with the latest research and emerging issues from the field, Wood/Fixmer-Oraiz's, GENDERED LIVES: COMMUNICATION, GENDER, & CULTURE, 14th Edition, equips you with the knowledge and tools to think critically about gender and society. Written by leading gender communication scholars, the text offers an intersectional approach to understanding gender development, identity and politics as it demonstrates the multiple and often interactive ways your views of gender are shaped within contemporary culture. The 14th edition offers expansive coverage of LGBTQ+ issues, queer and trans theory, intersex activism, recent feminist movements, reproductive violence, an integrated emphasis on social media and a strong focus on gender in the public sphere. Its current coverage and conversational, first-person writing styles make it an engaging introduction to the field!
Contents
Introduction. Opening the Conversation.
Part I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS.
1. The Study of Communication, Gender and Culture.
2. Theoretical Approaches to Gender Development.
3. The Rhetorical Shaping of Gender: Feminist Movements.
4. The Rhetorical Shaping of Gender: Masculinity, Men, and Social Movements.
5. Gendered Verbal Communication.
6. Gendered Nonverbal Communication.
Part II: GENDERED COMMUNICATION IN PRACTICE.
7. Becoming Gendered.
8. Gendered Education: Communication in Schools.
9. Gendered Close Relationships.
10. Gendered Organizational Communication.
11. Gendered Media.
12. Gendered Power and Violence.
