Hopper, Robert.

Gendering talk / Robert Hopper. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2003. - xi, 251 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

The conversation -- The arrangement between the sexes -- Flirting -- Hey baby, you bitch -- Coupling as progressive commitment -- Coupling as a difference engine -- Talk about women, talk about men -- Making women look bad -- How women and men talk -- How gender creeps into talk -- Leveling the playing field -- Return to laughter.

0870136364 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2002014110


Sex role.
Communication--Sex differences.
Communication and sex.
Man-woman relationships.
Interpersonal communication.
Conversation.

HQ1075 / .H67 2003

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