Men And The Language Of Emotions

by Galasinski, Dariusz

• ISBN13: 9780333995747
• ISBN10: 0333995740
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Dariusz Galasinski challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving distancing from the language of emotions.Drawing on a major study of heterosexual men talking about their lives and relationships, he demonstrates that men are capable of speaking of emotions and can do so in direct and uninhibited ways. He also discusses the crucial role of emotionality in constructions of masculine identities--those of men, fathers and husbands. The book ends with a proposal for a radically contextual understanding of gender and gender identities.

Author Biography

Dariusz Galasinski is Professor of Discourse and Cultural Studies at the University of Wolverhampton.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Transcription Conventions	ix
1 Men and their Emotions	1	(25)
2 Stories of Emotional Masculinity	26	(21)
3 'There is a Concern': Strategies of Emotion Talk	47	(32)
4 'No Worries', or the Emotional View of Reality	79	(20)
5 Emotions of Fatherhood	99	(20)
6 Speaking Helplessly: The Emotions of Unemployment	119	(25)
7 Masculinity? What Masculinity?!	144	(13)
References	157	(14)
Index	171