{"product_id":"9781119668398","title":"Family Communication as... Exploring Metaphors for Family Communication","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFamily Communication as... Exploring Metaphors for Family Communication\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJimmie Manning | Jordan Allen | Katherine J Denker\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Communication Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn innovative textbook that presents a novel and compelling examination of family communication studies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFamily Communication as… Exploring Metaphors for Family Communication\u003c\/i\u003e presents a series of metaphors through which students explore the nuances and complexities of family interaction. With a unique approach to the foundational theories and real-world practices of family communication, this easily accessible textbook helps students develop a clear understanding of what family communication is and what it can be. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributions by both prominent and newer scholars theorize about family communication, offer new perspectives, challenge long-held assumptions, and describe original research to provide students with an up-to-date representation of the leading thinking in the field. Each concise chapter focuses on a specific element of family life, engaging key metaphors to stimulate classroom discussion about family in contexts ranging from ritual and embodiment to estrangement and heteronormativity. Throughout the text, students examine family metaphorically—as memory, as social identity, as estrangement, as loss, as resilience, as raced, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a metaphorical examination of creating, materializing, contextualizing, politicizing, and complicating family communication\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an innovative alternative to standard textbooks on the subject\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a thorough introduction advocating for the use of metaphors in teaching \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the key topics and theoretical approaches that have defined the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes detailed references, additional readings, and an instructor’s companion website \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFamily Communication as… Exploring Metaphors for Family Communication \u003c\/i\u003eis an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in courses including family communication, family studies, interpersonal communication, relational communication, and communication theory. It is also a highly useful resource for scholars in fields such as media studies, psychology, sociology, social work, counseling, and public health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJIMMIE MANNING\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has authored over 100 publications including \u003ci\u003eResearching Interpersonal Relationships: Qualitative Methods, Studies, and Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received numerous teaching honors including the National Communication Association Outstanding Mentor in Master’s Education Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJORDAN ALLEN\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Communication at Utah Valley University, where she teaches classes in interpersonal communication, family communication, research methods, and the dark side of interpersonal\/family communication. Her program of research interrogates how nonnormative family relationships are symbolically and materially constituted in communication. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKATHERINE J. DENKER\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor, Basic Course Director, and Director of Graduate Studies in Communication Studies at Ball State University. She has received the Organization for the Study of Language Communication and Gender (OSCLG) Feminist Teacher Mentor Award. 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