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EDITION:8th Edition
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ISBN:1428229957
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ISBN-13:9781428229952
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PUB. DATE:March 2008
- PUBLISHER:Cengage Learning
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Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, and Culture / Edition 8 by Julia T. Wood
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A classic by a revered scholarby Anne-Morag
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This is an essential text for anyone researching or writing anything Gender-related. Students will find the reading strangely enjoyable. Dr. Woods' voice is easily heard, and the more students identify with the material, the more they like both the text and the study of this subject. It never fails that halfway through a term I get several e-mail about how much students like the book! Dr. Woods is...
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Gendered Lives
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- Pub. Date: March 2008
- Publisher: Cengage Learning
- Sales Rank: 952,021
- ISBN-13: 9781428229952
- ISBN: 1428229957
- Edition Description: Older Edition
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Written by leading gender communication scholar Julia T. Wood, GENDERED LIVES, Eighth Edition, introduces you to theories, research, and pragmatic information demonstrating the multiple and often interactive ways that our views of masculinity and femininity are shaped within contemporary culture. With the most up-to-date research, balanced perspectives of masculinity and femininity, a personal introduction to the field, and a conversational first-person writing style, GENDERED LIVES, Eighth Edition, is an engaging text that encourages you to think critically about gender and our society.
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This text introduces undergraduates to the ways in which gender images of masculinity and femininity affect communication and the way we live. It reviews theories and research on relationships among gender, culture, and communication, overviews the history of women's and men's movements in the US, and examines gendered verbal and nonverbal communication. Gendered communication is examined in the family, schools, close relationships, organizations, and the media. This fifth edition contains expanded material on gender in non- Western culture and technology in communication. Wood teaches humanities and communication studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Julia T. Wood is the Lineberger Professor of Humanities and a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches courses and conducts research on gender, communication, culture, and communication in personal relationships. Dr. Wood has authored seventeen books and edited nine others. In addition, she has published more than eighty articles and book chapters, and she has won twelve awards for undergraduate teaching and thirteen awards for her scholarship. She received her B.A. from North Carolina State University, her M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.
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