Men and the Language of Emotions

In Men and the Language of Emotions, Dariusz Galasinski challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving distancing from the language of emotions. Drawing on a major study of heterosexual men talking about their life and relationships, he demonstrates that men are capable of speaking of emotions and can do so in direct and uninhibited ways. He also discusses the crucial role of emotionality in constructions of masculine identities - those of men, fathers or husbands. The book ends with a proposal for a radically contextual understanding of gender and gender identities.

DARIUSZ GALASINSKI is Professor of Discourse and Cultural Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and Visiting Professor at the Warsaw School of Social Psychology. His other books include Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis (with Chris Barker, 2001), The Language of Deception (2000) and The Language of Belonging (with Ulrike Hanna Meinhof, 2005).