Men and the Language of Emotions

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Men and their Emotions

   • Dariusz Galasiński

   Pages 1-25

3. Stories of Emotional Masculinity

   • Dariusz Galasiński

   Pages 26-46

4. ‘There is a Concern’: Strategies of Emotion Talk

   • Dariusz Galasiński

   Pages 47-78

5. ‘No Worries’, or the Emotional View of Reality

   • Dariusz Galasiński

   Pages 79-98

6. Emotions of Fatherhood

   • Dariusz Galasiński

   Pages 99-118

7. Speaking Helplessly: The Emotions of Unemployment

   • Dariusz Galasiński

   Pages 119-143

8. Masculinity? What Masculinity?!

   • Dariusz Galasiński

   Pages 144-156

9. Back Matter

   Pages 157-172

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Men and the Language of Emotions challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving distancing from the language of emotions. Drawing on a study of heterosexual men talking about their life and relationships, he demonstrates that men are capable of speaking of emotions, and in direct and uninhibited ways.

• drawing
• emotion
• eros
• knowledge
• language
• rationality
• transcription

'Letting us hear the voices of men who go about their lives worrying, loving, suffering, caring, fearing, and enjoying things, this book succeeds in replacing the tired stereotype of the 'strong silent man' with a sensitive and nuanced portrayal of complex, contradictory, and emotional real-life masculinities.' Aneta Pavlenko, Temple University

• University of Wolverhampton, UK

  Dariusz Galasiński

Dariusz Galasi?ski is Professor of Discourse and Cultural Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland. His books include Language of Deception, Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis (co-author), Men and the Language of Emotions, The Language of Belonging (co-author) and Men's Discourses of Depression.

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