{"product_id":"gendered-talk-at-work-9781405117586","title":"Gendered Talk at Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGendered Talk at Work\u003c\/i\u003e examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace communication.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ewritten accessibly by one of the field's foremost researchers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexplores the ways in which gender contributes to the interpretation of meaning in workplace interaction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003euses original and insightfully analyzed data to focus on the ways in which both women and men draw on gendered discourse resources to enact a range of workplace roles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eillustrates how a qualitative analysis of workplace discourse can throw light on the many ways in which workplace discourse provides a resource for constructing gender identity as one component of our complex socio-cultural identity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGendered Talk at Work\u003c\/i\u003e offers rich empirical texture to support subtle and careful analysis of gender in workplace talk. Janet Holmes’s highly readable yet theoretically sophisticated book will be required reading not just for sociolinguists but for everyone interested in promoting gender equity in employment.\" \u003ci\u003eSally McConnell-Ginet, Cornell University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A particular strength of this book is its accessibility to non-linguists: it will assist women and men in the workplace to gain a more sophisticated understanding of how gender interacts with power in producing different ways of speaking.\" \u003ci\u003eAnne Pauwels, The University of Western Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Janet Holmes’s account of gender and workplace discourse represents sociolinguistic scholarship at its best. Her detailed and wide-ranging analysis of language in interaction provides unique insights into the linguistic culture of the workplace and challenges stereotypical conceptions of gendered speaking styles – an invaluable resource.\" \u003ci\u003eJoan Swann, The Open University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Holmes's text is a well-written accessible book that not only gives the reader an understanding of much of the work on gendered workplace talk but advances with equal clarity into Holmes's own subtle and nuanced additions to the field.\" \u003ci\u003eDiscourse \u0026amp; Communication\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The role of gender in workplace talk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Gender and leadership talk at work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Relational practice – not just women’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Humour in the workplace – not just men’s play.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Contest, challenge and complaint - gendered discourse?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Women and men telling stories at work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Giving women the last word.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Transcription Conventions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407854608727,"sku":"9781405117586","price":82.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405117586.jpg?v=1730500748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gendered-talk-at-work-9781405117586","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}