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9780205382057

Constructing Worlds Together Interpersonal Communication as Relational Process

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  • ISBN13:

    9780205382057

  • ISBN10:

    0205382053

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-09-26
  • Publisher: Pearson
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Summary

Accompanied by author analysis and contemporary applications, this collection of readings, reflections and invitations to dialogue makeInterpersonal Communication: Making Worlds Togethera highly readable yet sophisticated text that is well-suited for todayrs"s interpersonal communication course.Theoretical essays, research reports, narratives and ethnographic studies, have been carefully selected by the authors for their clarity and intellectual stimulation. The authors introduce each reading and provide the reader with a preview of its insight, relevance, and association with social constructionist theory. Each piece is followed by a series of challenges and questions to help further understanding and to stimulate continuing dialogue, with an emphasis on interactive learning. Readers will come away with an ability to apply the wisdom of interpersonal communication with a critical eye to future challenges.

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Table of Contents

Communication And World Construction: Making Worlds Together
Introduction: Communication as Social Construction
Language Games
Pain as Social Construction
The Blinding Power of the Real
Breaking the Rules of Everyday Life
Discourses of Death
The Challenge of Reconstruction
The Relational Self
The Self as Dramatic Actor
Your Body as Communication
Doing Emotion/Doing Gender
The Narrative Construction of Self
Childhood Shaping of the Self
Social Ghosts: Others Within
Positioning the Self
Key Constructions
Suggested Readings
Web Resources
Discussion Questions and/or Short Papers
Communication As Collaborative Action
Discourse in ActionIntroduction
Social Scripts: The Organization of Spontaneity
Structured Conversation: Adjacency-Pairs
Unwanted Repetitive Patterns
Metaphors We Live
Meaning as Co-Created
Toward Satisfying Dialogue
The significance of Future Talk
Key Constructions
Non-Verbal Language: Meaning as ActionIntroduction
Reading Public Communication
The Eyes Have It
Space Invasion
Styling the Self
You **@#$**!@!!: Swearing as Bonding?
Listening as CollaborationIntroduction
Dialogic Listening
Listening: A Two-Way Street
Listening as a Cultural Act: The Blackfeet
Key Constructions
Suggested Readings for Section III
Web Resources for Section III
Discussion Questions and/or Short Papers for Section III
Relational Dynamics: From Intimacy To Conflict
The Art of FriendshipIntroduction
Friendship Talk and Social Survival
How Can You Hurt Me: Let Me Count the Ways
"The Girls:" Friendships Among Women
The Silent Friendship of Men
Teaching as Friendship
Risk-taking as Communication
Key Constructions
The Intricacies of IntimacyIntroduction
What is a Close Relationship
Games People Play
Marriage Ceremonies: New Voices, New Values
Relationship Awareness
Dancing in the Dark
Key Constructions
The Fragility of FamilyIntroduction
Wife and Stepmother Communication Distress in Blended Families
Why Dad's Don't Talk
Failed
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