Table of Contents
Introduction: Teaching with Case StudiesPart I - Negotiating Personal Identity in Relationships
1 What’s In a Name? Negotiating Marital Names Changes
Karen A. Foss, Belle A. Edson, and Jennifer A. Linde
2 The Whole Package: Commodifying the Self
Naomi Johnson
3 Moving Up: The Challenges of Communicating a New Social Class Identity
Kristen Lucas
4 The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth? Negotiating Face and Revealing Difficult Information
Jennifer Lynne Cronin
5 Why has “Finding God” Changed My Relationships? Managing Change Associated with Religious Conversion Douglas L. Kelley, Debra- L-Sequeira
6 When a Daughter Becomes a Son: Negotiating Gender, Identity, and Ambiguous Loss in Families Kristen NorwoodPart II - Coming Together: Developing Closeness with Others
7 Talking Family: The Discourses of Voluntary Kin
Dawn O. Braithwaite, Betsy Wackernagel Bach, Sarah E. Wilder, Haley Kranstuber Horstman, and Sayaka Sato Mumm
8 He Says/She Says: Misunderstandings between Men and Women Julia T. Wood
9 Traversing Racial and National Boundaries: Adopting Transracially and Internationally
Elizabeth Suter
10 Becoming a “Real Family”: Turning Points and Competing Discourses in Stepfamilies
Dawn O. Braithwaite, Leslie A. Baxter, and Paul Schrodt
11 No Strings Attached: Friends with Benefits on a College Campus
Kendra Knight, Paul A. Mongeau, and Denisha Biggers
12 Opening Closed Doors: Managing Identity and Privacy with Social Media
Jeffrey T. ChildPart III - Communication Processes in Established Relationships
13 Disclosing Private Information: Newly Married Couple’s Embarrassing Dilemmas
Sandra Petronio
14 A Place for Connecting and Disclosing: Facebook and Friendships at the Dawn of College Life
Andrew M. Ledbetter and Joseph P. Mazer
15 Havingand Doingit All? The Hidden Nature of Informal Support Systems in Career and Personal Life Management
Suzy D’Enbeau, Patrice M. Buzzanell
16 Same Sex Marriage At Any Age: The Enduring Struggle for Acceptance of Marriage Equality
Clark D. Olson
17 Shallow Talk and Separate Spaces: Dealing with Relational Conflict
Sandra Metts
18 Yard Sales and Yellow Roses: Rituals in Enduring Relationships
Carol Bruess
19 Being Similar and Different: Multiethnic-racial Identity and Communication in Personal and Family Relationships
Jordan SolizPart IV - Series Challenges in Interpersonal Communication
20 It Can’t be Domestic Violence; We’re not Married! The Many Faces of Intimate Partner Violence
Loreen N. Olson, Emily A. Rauscher
21 Unilateral Union: Obsessive Relational Intrusion and Stalking in a Romantic Context
William R. Cupach, Brian H. Spitzberg
22 Muslims, Head Coverings, and Fantasy Football: Moving Beyond the Stereotype
Timothy M. Muehlhoff
23 (When and How) Should I Tell? Disclosing Social Identity in Personal Relationships
Brenda J. Allen
24 What Happened? Naming and Talking about Acquaintance Rape
Kate Lockwood Harris
25 Starting a new Family Legacy: Transitioning from High School to College as a First Generation College Student
Tiffany R. WangPart V - Change and Continuity in Long- Term Relationships
26 The Queen and Her Bee: Social Aggression in Female Friendship
Erin K. Willer
27 College is just not the Same: Communicating and Managing Identity on Social Media
Jenna Stephenson Abetz and Amanda Holman
28 Who’s the Parent Now? When Adult Children Become Caregivers for Parents
Julia T. Wood
29 “I’m Sorry for Your Loss”: Communicating with Those Who are Bereaved
Paige W. Toller
30 Friends of the Heart: Communication between Long-Term Friends
Mary E. Rohlfing