Sage Publications The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication

The Handbook of Gender and Communication begins from the premise that gender is, at once, an aspect of both individual identity and of social structure that dramatically and relentlessly shapes individual and collective life. Communication is central to this process, and the Handbook brings together leading scholars in the area who review and evaluate the state of research on gender and communication through discussion of existing theories and research as well as through identification of important directions for future scholarship. The Handbook includes a general introduction and five sections that focus on primary contexts in which gender and communication are shaped, reflected and expressed: interpersonal; organizational; rhetoric; media; and intercultural/global. Review "Recommended." -- L.P. Speer Published On: 2007-07-16 About the Author Bonnie Dow (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) is Associate Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Georgia. She is the author of Prime-Time Feminism: Television, Media Culture, and the Women’s Movement Since 1970 (1996). She is former co-editor (with Celeste Condit) of Women’s Studies in Communication and former co-editor (with Celeste Condit) of Critical Studies in Media Communication. Julia T. Wood (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) is Professor of Communication Studies and Lineberger Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She teaches and conducts research on personal relationships, intimate partner violence, feminist theory, and the intersections of gender, communication, and culture. She has authored or edited 23 books, including Who Cares?: Women, Care and Culture, and Gendered Lives, now in its 7th edition. In addition, she has published more than 70 articles and book chapters. During her career she has received 12 awards for scholarship and 11 for teaching.