CRS 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Deborah Tannen

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Communication and Rhet Studies
• Course: CRS 181
• Professor: Di Domenico

Document Summary

Emphasis on cooperation (connection) vs. competition (hierarchy) Gender differences and how they have been put forth (and criticized heavily) Women and talk (lips, reading #31 and tannen) Discussing personal feelings (self-disclosure) and receiving support. Argues for differences grounded in the valuing of cooperation vs. competition. Grounds argument in ideas primarily related to childhood socialization. Winters and duck (reading #23), coates (reading #32) Talks and identities: a more dynamic view. Doing gender (also west and zimmerman, 1987 - handout) As we do gender , we can also be said to perform. Insanity/sanity (ex. mental health readings in cwt) Young men and display of heterosexual orientation (coates) Some gendered differences have been documented as leading to miscommunication. Yet these must be considered in context; be careful of over-generalizting. Gender is only one aspect of identity. Other facets of identity may be more relevant. Values multiple comm. means for relationship enhancement.