Gender, Power, and Communication in Human Relationships

by Kalbfleisch, Pamela J.; Cody, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9780805814033
• ISBN10: 0805814035
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-06-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This edited volume establishes a state-of-the-art perspective on theory and research on gender, power, and communication in human relationships. Both theoretical essays and review chapters address issues relevant to female and male differences in power, dominance, communication, equality, and expectations/beliefs. All chapter contributors share two commonalities. First, each provides a 1990s assessment of power and equality in female and male relationships. Second, each reviews respective programs of research and focuses attention on the relevance of this research to understanding the relationships of women and men. Unique because it incorporates a multidisciplinary approach to the study of gender and the communication of power in human relationships, this book includes the original work of intellectuals with national and international reputations in the social sciences. The volume provides both scholastic breadth and centralized treatment of issues that form the very foundation of social and personal relationships. It will appeal to scholars working in the disciplines of communication and psychology as well as other areas of social science research.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
PART I INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Power and Communication in the Relationships of Women and Men	3	(24)
Pamela J. Kalbfleish
Michael J. Cody
PART II GENDER-BASED EXPECTATIONS AND BELIEFS
Body Politics Revisited: What Do We Know Today?	27	(36)
Nancy M. Henley
Gender, Immediacy, and Nonverbal Communication	63	(20)
Judee K. Burgoon
Leesa Dillman
Women's Style in Problem Solving Interaction: Powerless, or Simply Feminine?	83	(22)
Anthony Mulac
James J. Bradac
Masculinity and Femininity: Defining the Undefinable	105	(36)
Janet T. Spence
Camille Buckner
PART III WOMEN AND MEN TOGETHER
Sexual Discourse and Sexual Intercourse: How the Way We Communicate Affects the Way We Think About Sexual Coercion	141	(22)
Rhonda K. Reinholtz
Charlene L. Muehlenhard
Joi L. Phelps
Arthur T. Satterfield
Negotiating Safer Sex: The Dynamics of African-American Relationships	163	(26)
Lynn Carol Miller
Diane M. Burns
Sadina Rothspan
Power and Equality in Mentoring Relationships	189	(24)
Pamela J. Kalbfleisch
Joann Keyton
Relating to Spouse and Stranger: Gender Preferential Language Use	213	(10)
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick
Anthony Mulac
Managing Conflict and Anger: Investigating the Sex Sterotype Hypothesis	223	(30)
William R. Cupach
Daniel J. Canary
The Dynamics of Power: Money and Sex in Intimate Relationships	253	(24)
Pepper Schwartz
Davis Patterson
Sara Steen
PART IV WOMEN AND MEN IN SOCIETY
Television Promotion of Gender Equality in Societies	277	(28)
Everett M. Rogers
Thomas M. Hirata
Ankila S. Chandran
Jeffery D. Robinson
Men and Women in the Market Place	305	(26)
Michael J. Cody
John Seiter
Yvette Montagne-Miller
Gender and Power	331	(20)
Judy C. Pearson
Leda Cooks
Author Index	351	(12)
Subject Index	363