Constructing and Reconstructing Gender

Linda A. M. Perry is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at The University of San Diego. Lynn H. Turner and Helen M. Sterk are Assistant Professors at Marquette University's Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies.

"I especially like that many of the chapters are on very contemporary topics with wide appeal. I like the number of different research methodologies, which make this a valuable resource for someone who needs to learn about research models." — Cynthia Berryman-Fink, University of Cincinnati"It is a very rich resource, a book a great many people will want to have." — Darlene Hantzis, Indiana State University, Terre Haute

• Acknowledgments IntroductionSection I: Constructing GenderUnit I: Defining Gender Introduction 1. The Possibility of a Liberating Narrative: Woman on the Edge of Time as Radical, Mythic, Moral ArgumentDana L. Cloud 2. Gender Orientation Scales: An Empirical Assessment of Content ValidityT. Joan Fecteau, Jullane Kackson, and Kathryn Dindia 3. Gender, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Oral InterpretationLisa Merrill 4. Rhetoric and Women: The Private and the Public SpheresLesley Di MareUnit II: Learning Gender Introduction 5. Women Negotiating: Assertiveness and RelatednessSteven Hartwell, Roger C. Pace, and Renata Hutak 6. Discourse in Women's Bodies: Advertising in the 1920sMargaret A. Hawkins and Thomas K. Nakayama 7. Mind, Body, and Language: When a Woman Notices Her HumanityMargret S. CrowdesUnit III: Expressing Gender Introduction 8. Rhythm, Gender, and Poetic LanguageElizabeth Fay 9. Six Readers Reading Six PhotographsRebecca Bryant Lockridge 10. Speaking Metaphorically: A Cultural Enactment of Community Among WomenDenice A. Yanni 11. Genderlect, Powerlect, and PolitenessNancy Hoar 12. A Comparison of Male-Female Interaction Norms Regarding New IdeasMarjorie A. JaasmaSection II: Reconstructing GenderUnit IV: Interacting with Power Introduction 13. The Tu/Vous Dilemma: Gender, Power, and SolidarityAlice H. Deakins 14. Power and Subordinate Evaluations of Male and Female LeadersBelle Rose Ragins 15. Sex, Romance, and Organizational TaboosPatrice M. Buzzanell 16. Teasing and Sexual Harassment: Double-Bind Communication in the WorkplaceJ. K. Alberts 17. Men Communicating with Women: Self-Esteem and PowerMary MonedasUnit V: Interacting with Culture Introduction 18. Writing in the Borderlands: The Poetic Prose of Gloria Anzaldua and Susan GriffinDiane P. Freedman 19. Gender in Communication: Within and Across CulturesMargaret Riley 20. An Investigation of Gender Differences in Brazilian versus American Managers' Perceptions of Organizational StressorsAna Rossi, William R. Todd-Mancillas, and Barbara AppsUnit VI: Interacting with Audience Introduction 21. Conflict Scripts of Men and WomenJudi Beinstein Miller 22. Competition and Collaboration: Male and Female Communication Patterns During Dyadic InteractionsMary-Jeaneette Smythe and Bill Huddleston 23. Enacting Feminism in the Teaching of CommunicationJudith K. Bowker and Pamela Regan Dunkin 24. God's Wife: Some Gender Reflections on the Bible and Biblical InterpretationJohn J. Schmitt 25. Effecting Labor Reform Through Stories: The Narrative Rhetorical Style of Mary Harris "Mother" JonesMari Boor Tonn Appendix: Avoiding Sexism in Communication Research: Guidelines for Gender/Sex Research and Publication Index