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Constructing worlds together : interpersonal communication as relational process / [edited by] Kenneth J. Gergen, Stuart M. Schrader, Mary Gergen.

Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Penguin academicsPublisher: Boston : Pearson/AandB, c2009Description: 293 s. ill. 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780205382057
  • 0205382053
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.6 22
LOC classification:
  • BF637.C45
Other classification:
  • Doef
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Accompanied by analysis and contemporary applications, this collection of readings, reflections and invitations to dialogue make this book a highly readable yet sophisticated text that is well-suited for interpersonal communication courses.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-285) and indexes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Communication And World Construction: Making Worlds Together
  • Introduction: Communication as Social Construction
  • 1 Language Games
  • 2 Pain as Social Construction
  • 3 The Blinding Power of the Real
  • 4 Breaking the Rules of Everyday Life
  • 5 Discourses of Death
  • 6 The Challenge of Reconstruction
  • Part 2 The Relational Self
  • 7 The Self as Dramatic Actor
  • 8 Your Body as Communication
  • 9 Doing Emotion/Doing Gender
  • 10 The Narrative Construction of Self
  • 11 Childhood Shaping of the Self
  • 12 Social Ghosts: Others Within
  • 13 Positioning the Self
  • Key Constructions
  • Suggested Readings
  • Web Resources
  • Discussion Questions and/or Short Papers
  • Part 3 Communication As Collaborative Action
  • Section A Discourse in ActionIntroduction
  • 14 Social Scripts: The Organization of Spontaneity
  • 15 Structured Conversation: Adjacency-Pairs
  • 16 Unwanted Repetitive Patterns
  • 17 Metaphors We Live
  • 18 Meaning as Co-Created
  • 19 Toward Satisfying Dialogue
  • 20 The significance of Future Talk
  • Key Constructions
  • Section B Non-Verbal Language: Meaning as ActionIntroduction
  • 21 Reading Public Communication
  • 22 The Eyes Have It
  • 23 Space Invasion
  • 24 Styling the Self
  • 25 You **@#$**!@!!: Swearing as Bonding?
  • Section C Listening as CollaborationIntroduction
  • 26 Dialogic Listening
  • 27 Listening: A Two-Way Street
  • 28 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
  • Part 4 Relational Dynamics: From Intimacy To Conflict
  • Section A The Art of FriendshipIntroduction
  • 29 Friendship Talk and Social Survival
  • 30 How Can You Hurt Me: Let Me Count the Ways
  • 31 "The Girls:" Friendships Among Women
  • 32 The Silent Friendship of Men
  • 33 Teaching as Friendship
  • 34 Risk-taking as Communication
  • Key Constructions
  • Section B The Intricacies of IntimacyIntroduction
  • 35 What is a Close Relationship
  • 36 Games People Play
  • 37 Marriage Ceremonies: New Voices, New Values
  • 38 Relationship Awareness
  • 39 Dancing in the Dark
  • Key Constructions
  • Section C The Fragility of FamilyIntroduction
  • 40 Wife and Stepmother Communication Distress in Blended Families
  • 41 Why Dad's Don't Talk
  • 42 Failed