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Bonnie J. Dow and Julia T. Wood, Editors, The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication.

Publication: Women and Language
Publication Date: 22-MAR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Bonnie J. Dow and Julia T. Wood, Editors, The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Bonnie J. Dow and Julia T. Wood, Editors, The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication. Sage Publications, Inc., 2006. Reviewed by Jimmie Manning, Northern Kentucky University

Studying sex, gender, and/or sexuality in the field of communication is too often misunderstood or oversimplified as research reflecting simple sex differences (particularly in social scientific explorations) or politically-charged scholarship aimed purely at achieving feminist goals or advancement. Against such facile misperceptions, Bonnie J. Dow and Julia T. Wood provide rich evidence of the complex, comprehensive, and fruitful work being conducted in the field in their edited collection The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication.

The book will instantly hold a special place in the discipline, as it is sophisticated enough to act as a reference book for those working with advanced considerations of sex, gender,...

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