Schnurr, Stephanie and Holmes, J. (2009) Using humor to do masculinity at work. In: Humor in Interaction. Pragmatics & Beyond New Series (No.182). John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 101-124. ISBN 9789027254276

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Abstract

Workplaces constitute sites where individuals "do gender" while at the same time constructing their professional identities and meeting their organisation's expectations. In most workplaces, a rather narrow range of masculine styles of interaction are considered normative. Discursive strategies associated with stereotypically masculine speech styles, as well as behaviours associated with the enactment of hegemonic masculinity are generally viewed as paradigmatic ways of interacting at work. Drawing on data recorded in a range of New Zealand professional organizations, this chapter investigates a range of ways in which normative masculinity is manifested in participants' discourse, and how notions of masculinity are explored and exploited in workplace interactions. The investigation focuses on one particularly versatile discursive strategy frequently employed in talk at work, namely humor.

Item Type:	Book Item
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Series Name:	Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
Publisher:	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Place of Publication:	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ISBN:	9789027254276
Book Title:	Humor in Interaction
Editor:	Norrick, Neal R. and Chiaro, Delia
Date:	3 July 2009
Number:	No.182
Number of Pages:	238
Page Range:	pp. 101-124
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Related URLs:	Publisher
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/48115

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