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Men talk: Stories in the making of masculinities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2004

Scott F. Kiesling
Scott F. Kiesling
Affiliation:
Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, [email protected]
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Jennifer Coates, Men talk: Stories in the making of masculinities. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003. Pp. xi, 219. Hb $59.95 Pb $29.95.

It is pleasing to see the publication of a book-length study of language and masculinity, a focus of research that literally did not exist ten years ago. But although this book is rich in its presentation of data and its description of narrative, I was disappointed. The book falls short of its goal of explicating and understanding men's talk; rather, it reifies stereotypes of men without challenging or questioning why these stereotypes exist.

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BOOK REVIEW
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Language in Society , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 609 - 612
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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