New Book Announcement

[susan speer]

Apologies for cross-posting.
 
New book announcement:
 
Susan A. Speer, Manchester University, UK 
 
Gender Talk: Feminism, Discourse and Conversation Analysis. Routledge 2005.
 
More info at: http://www.psypress.co.uk

 
 
>From the back cover:


"This is the most comprehensive and groundbreaking work to date in the field of gender and discourse research. Speer has taken gender and language studies beyond the current focus on postmodernism to an engagement with ethnomethodology, conversation analysis and discursive psychology. Speer clinically lays out the theoretical and analytic issues in a range of contemporary perspectives, and in doing so produces a clear, concise yet sophisticated book that is essential reading for anyone interested in gender, language or feminism." — Elizabeth Stokoe, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, Loughborough University

Gender Talk provides a powerful case for the application of discursive psychology and conversation analysis to feminism, guiding the reader through cutting edge debates and providing valuable evidence of the benefits of fine-grained, discursive methodologies. In particular, the book concentrates on discourse and conversation analysis, providing a full account of these methodologies through the detailed study of data from a variety of settings, including focus groups, interviews, and naturally occurring sources. Providing a thorough review of the relevant literature and recent research, this book demonstrates how discourse and conversation analysis can be applied to rework central feminist notions and concepts, ultimately revealing their full potential and relevance to other disciplines. Each chapter provides an overview of traditional feminist research and covers subjects including:

* Sex differences in language: conversation and interruption.

* Reformulating context, power and asymmetry.

* Gender identity categories: masculinity and femininity.

This unique and thought-provoking application of discursive and conversation analytic methodologies will be of interest to students and researchers in social psychology, sociology, gender studies and cultural studies.
Contents: Feminism, Discourse and Conversation Analysis: Mapping the Terrain. Gender and Language: ‘Sex Difference’ Perspectives. Gender and Identity: Poststructuralist and Ethnomethodological Perspectives. A Feminist, Conversation Analytic Approach. Reconceptualizing Gender Identity: ‘Hegemonic Masculinity’ and ‘The World Out There’. Reconceptualizing Prejudice: ‘Heterosexist Talk’ and ‘The World in Here’. Questions, Conclusions and Applications. Postscript: The Future Of Feminist CA: Methodological Issues.


0-415-24643-1 Jul 2005 hbk £45.00

0-415-24644-X Jul 2005 pbk £15.95

Women and Psychology Series

Available as an inspection copy













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Dr Susan A. Speer
School of Psychological Sciences (Psychology Division)
Coupland Building
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
UK
Email: susan.speer at manchester.ac.uk
Web: http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/staff/121358
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