Book Details

Family Talk: Discourse and Identity in Four American Families

Transciption Conventions

1. Introduction: Family Talk, Shari Kendall

Part 1: Interactional Dynamics: Power and Solidarity

2. Power Maneuvers and Connection Maneuvers in Family Interaction, Deborah Tannen

3. Talking the Dog: Framing Pets as Interactional Resources in Family Discourse, Deborah Tannen

4. "I Feel Just Horribly Embarrassed When She Does That": Constituting a Mother's Identity, Cyntha Gordon

5. Finding the Right Balance between Connection and Control: A Father's Identity Construction in Conversations with His College-Age Daughter, Diana Marinova

Part II: Gendered Identities in Dual-Income Families

6. Father as Breadwinner, Mother as Worker: Gendered Positions in Feminist and Traditional Discourses of Work and Family, Shari Kendall

7. Gatekeeping in the Family: How Family Members Position One Another as Decision Makers, Alexandra Johnson

8. A Working Father: One Man's Talk About Parenting at Work, Cynthia Gordon, Deborah Tannen, Aliza Sacknovitz

Part III: Family Values and Beliefs

9. "Al Gore's Our Guy": Linguistically Constructing a Family Political Identity, Cynthia Gordon

10. Sharing Common Ground: The Role of Place Reference in Parent-Child Conversation, Philip LeVine

11. Family Members Interacting While Watching TV, Alla V. Tovares

Index

• You Were Always Mom's Favorite
• Conversational Style

• Why Men Love Bitches
• How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You
• I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell