Previous edition: 2013

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part I. Conceptual foundations. The study of communication, gender, and culture -- Theoretical approaches to gender development -- The rhetorical shaping of gender: competing images of women -- The rhetorical shaping of gender: competing images of men -- Gendered verbal communication -- Gendered nonverbal communication -- Part II. Gendered communication in practice. Becoming gendered: the early years -- Gendered education: communication in schools -- Gendered close relationships -- Gendered organizational communication -- Gendered media -- Gendered power and violence -- Looking backward, looking forward