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Negotiating Heteronormativity Dialectically: Lesbian Couples' Display of Symbols in Culture
July 1, 2007... Researchers across disciplines have studied romantic relationships for decades. Scholars in the social sciences and the humanities have addressed how commitment between certain heterosexual pairs can be viewed as controversial by society. For...
Politeness Theory and Conversational Refusals: Associations between Various Types of Face Threat and Perceived Competence
July 1, 2007... Children refuse to perform chores. Patients fail to follow medical treatment guidelines. A friend declines a request for assistance. Requests are necessary to attain a variety of goals but refusals such as those above are a cost sometimes...
An Examination of Everyday Talk in Stepfamily Systems
July 1, 2007... Over the last decade, communication scholars have shown an increased interest in the everyday interactions that create, maintain, and alter personal relationships (e.g., Baxter, 2004; Dainton & Stafford, 1993; Duck, Rutt, Hurst, &...
Lost in the WTO Shuffle: Publics, Counterpublics, and the Individual
July 1, 2007... 'Why did I personally get involved? Because it became a moral question.' (Regino Martinez, E1 Centro de la Raza (1)) Asen and Brouwer note that the Deweyian idea of a public is outdated. In its place they suggest a reconceptualization of the...