239 Pages
by
Routledge
239 Pages
by
Routledge
239 Pages
by
Routledge
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Ronald J Pelias explores leaning as a metaphor for analyzing interpersonal interaction. Bodies leaning toward one another are engaged, developing the potential for long-lasting, meaningful relationships. But this ideal is not often realized. Pelias makes use of a wide variety of tools such as personal narrative, autoethnography, poetic inquiry and performative writing in his exploration of the... Read more
Part 1 Languaging Relationships; Chapter 1 Some Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Claims for Communication; Chapter 2 Relational Language; Chapter 3 Struggling for Speech; Chapter 4 Relational Associations; Chapter 5 Stephen Dunn and the Poetics of Living; Part II Listening to Myself and Others; Chapter 6 Self-Portrait; Chapter 7 Reading Barthes as a Lover; Chapter 8 Walking and Writing With Laurel Richardson; Chapter 9 Three Tales of Understanding; Part III Watching Men; Chapter 10 Making My Masculine Body Behave; Chapter 11 Jarheads, Girly Men, and the Pleasures of Violence; Chapter 12 A Personal History of Lust on Bourbon Street; Part IV Holding Friends and Lovers; Chapter 13 The Pull and Push of Friendship; Chapter 14 Evidence of Love; Chapter 15 Relational Development and Deterioration; Chapter 16 Holding Mimi; Part V Carrying Family; Chapter 17 Family Lessons; Chapter 18 Stories We Do and Do Not Tell; Chapter 19 Remains; Chapter 20 Loss;
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Ronald J. Pelias
