Welcome to the companion website!

Welcome to the companion website for Gender in Communication, 2nd Edition, by Victoria Pruin DeFrancisco and Catherine Helen Palczewski. The resources on the site have been specifically designed to support your study.

Instructors can log in to access:

  • Introduction from the Authors
  • PowerPoint® Slides
  • Key Concepts, Definitions and Examples
  • Chapter Outlines
  • Scholarly Resources
  • Exercises
  • Discussion Questions
  • Key Theorists
  • Mini-lectures
  • Sample Paper
  • Video and Multimedia

About the book:

Gender in Communication: A Critical Introduction, Second Edition examines the variety of ways in which communication of and about gender enables and constrains people’s identities. Authors Catherine Helen Palczewski and Victoria Pruin DeFrancisco, with Danielle Dick McGeough, demonstrate how communication constitutes gender, rather than presenting gender as an influence on communication. Operating from an intersectional gender diversity perspective, they show how a focus on gender/sex alone omits the richness of diverse gendered lives. In addition, they explore how gender is constructed through interpersonal and public discourse in, about, and by the social institutions of family, education, work, religion, and media. Throughout the book, readers are equipped with critical analysis tools they can use to form their own conclusions about the ever-changing processes of gender in communication. 

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge Victoria Pruin DeFrancisco, Catherine Helen Palczewski, and Danielle Dick McGeough for writing an excellent text. We thank the authors and Ruth Beerman for their involvement in creating, reviewing and editing the assets on this site.

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