Book Series in Communication Studies
Everyday Communication Series
New & Published Titles:
Dilemmas in the Courtroom
A Study of Trials of Violent Crime in the Netherlands
Interactional dilemmas occur when participants are required to engage in two contradictory activities at the same time or orient to two conflicting goals. The existence… read more1998 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-2023-2 (Routledge)
Being An Older Woman
A Study in the Social Production of Identity
The study presented in this volume examines how older women's identities are socially constructed and, in particular, how they can be influenced by institutional intervention.… read more1997 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-2121-5 (Routledge)
Performing the Past
A Study of Israeli Settlement Museums
A nostalgic interest in the past is a well-recognized feature of fast-changing, contemporary societies. It finds its expression in a variety of history-making practices of… read more1997 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-1658-7 (Routledge)
Puerto Rican Discourse
A Sociolinguistic Study of A New York Suburb
Before conclusions about Spanish in the United States can be drawn, individual communities must be studied in their own contexts. That is the goal of… read more1997 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-1931-1 (Routledge)
The Fragile Community
Living Together With Aids
This book examines the concept of "community," focusing on how communication practices help manage the tensions of creating and sustaining everyday communal life amidst the… read more1996 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-1844-4 (Routledge)
Conversations About Illness
Family Preoccupations With Bulimia
The grandmother granddaughter conversation examined in this book makes explicit what the detailed study of interaction reveals about two social problems--"bulimia" and "grandparent caregiving." For… read more1996 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-1757-7 (Routledge)
Confrontation Talk
Arguments, Asymmetries, and Power on Talk Radio
Using conversation analysis to explore the nature of argument, asymmetry, and power on talk radio, this book focuses on the interplay between the structures of… read more1996 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-1797-3 (Routledge)
in Search of A Voice
Karaoke and the Construction of Identity in Chinese America
Originating in Japan early in the 1970s as a simple sing-along technology, karaoke has become a hybrid media form designed to integrate mass-mediated popular music,… read more1996 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-1912-0 (Routledge)
Smooth Talkers
The Linguistic Performance of Auctioneers and Sportscasters
This book examines the contexts in which sportscasters and auctioneers speak and the characteristic techniques they employ in order to speak fluently. These speakers were… read more1995 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-1720-1 (Routledge)