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Title: Naming bodies at work : considering the gendered and emotional dimensions of nicknaming
Related: International journal of work, organisation and emotion, Vol. 5, No. 1, (2012), p.26-40
DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2012.048590
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2012
Author/Creator: Taksa, Lucy
Description: This paper applies historical and social-constructionist perspectives and methods to examine nicknaming processes in the workplace. By highlighting how the aesthetic and symbolic aspects of derogatory nicknames create links between the physical, sentient and social body/ies, it demonstrates the way certain patterns of talk provide a medium for emotional actions, interactions and reactions, which have important implications for the regulation of gendered identities, expectations and relations. It is argued that attention to the corporeal, gendered and symbolic nature of nicknaming offers insights into social embodiment in specific emotional arenas.
Description: 15 page(s)
Subject Keyword: workplace nicknaming
Subject Keyword: gender
Subject Keyword: emotions
Subject Keyword: emotional arenas
Subject Keyword: social embodiment
Subject Keyword: derogatory nicknames
Subject Keyword: gendered identities
Subject Keyword: patterns of talk
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Marketing and Management

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