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Composing Relationships: Communication in Everyday Life, 1st Edition

Composing Relationships: Communication in Everyday Life, 1st Edition
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Julia T. Wood - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Steve Duck - University of Iowa

ISBN-10: 0534517196  ISBN-13: 9780534517199

224 Pages   Paperbound

 
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Table of Contents

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Composing Relationships: Communication in Everyday Life, Julia Wood and Steve Duck.
Part I: Everyday Communication in Personal Relationships.
1. Play, Playfulness & Players: Communication Between Spouses, Steve Duck.
2. Chopping the Carrots: Creating Intimacy, Moment by Moment, Julia Wood.
3. Cat Walk Conversations: Everyday Communication in Dating Relationships, Marianne Dainton.
4. "He started it!" Everyday Communication in Parenting, Tim Muehlhoff.
5. Mother Always Liked You Best: Sibling interaction, John Nicholson.
6. The Cat Puzzle Recovered: Composing Relationships Through Family Ritual, Carol Bruess & Anna Hoefs.
Part II: Everyday Communication in Social Relationships.
7. Hanging Out and Doing Lunch: Enacting Friendship Closeness, Sandra Metts.
8. Shopping for and With Friends: Everyday Communication at the Shopping Mall, Dawn Braithwaite & Jody Koenig Kellas.
9. : Everyday Communication with Relational Technologies, Walter Carl.
10. Relational life in the 21st century: Managing people, time, and distance, Erin Sahlstein.
11. He Has Two Mommies: Constructing Lesbian Families In Social Conversation, Beth Suter.
12. Sorority Sisters Speaking Social Support, Megan Foley.
Part III: Everyday Communication in Workplace Relationships.
13. Cabbages and Headache Cures: Work Stories within the Family, Cheryl Cockburn- Wootten & Ted Zorn.
14. Communicating Race at Weigh Co., Brenda J. Allen.
15. Mentoring Through Everyday Communication, Michael Hecht & Jennifer Warren.
16. Constructing Masculinity and Femininity in the Workplace, Dennis Mumby.
17. Relational Communication and Work: Three Minutes at Work with Vin, Harty Mokros.
18. Who am I Right Now? Negotiating Familial and Professional Roles, Leah Totten.