Facework / William R. Cupach, Sandra Metts.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-116) and index.

Face Management in Interpersonal Relationships -- Communication and the Management of Face -- Face and Face Needs -- Threats to Face -- Facework -- The Aggravation-Mitigation Continuum -- Personal Idioms -- The Importance of Facework in Interpersonal Relationships -- Preview of Subsequent Chapters -- Embarrassing Predicaments -- The Nature of Embarrassing Predicaments -- Types of Predicaments -- Self-Induced Embarrassing Predicaments -- Predicaments Created by Others -- The Severity of Predicaments -- Chronic Susceptibility to Embarrassment -- Remedial Responses to Embarrassing Predicaments -- The Influence of Predicament Type on Remedial Strategies -- Principles Guiding Effective Facework in Predicaments -- Embarrassment in Close Relationships -- Managing Vulnerability in Escalating Relationships -- Social Face Becomes Relationship-Specific Face -- Getting Acquainted -- Uncertainty Reduction -- Affinity Seeking -- Negotiating Sexual Involvement -- Sexual Initiation -- Sexual Resistance -- Practicing Safe Sex -- Developing Symbolic Interdependence -- Managing Problematic Episodes in Established Relationships -- Complaints and Disagreements -- Social Support -- Relational Transgressions -- Relationship Transgressions as Face Threats -- Emotions -- Managing the Revelation/Discovery of a Transgression -- Facework in Relationship Disengagement -- Typologies of Disengagement Strategies -- A Model of Politeness and Disengagement -- Off-Record Strategies -- On-Record Strategies -- Relationships: About Face.

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"Gaining face, maintaining face, and losing face all have numerous implications in the management of close relationships. Cupach and Metts make a compelling case for facework as basic relationship currency at any stage of a relationship, whether it be formation, maintenance, or disengagement. Written in a clear, humorous style, Facework offers the reader a very pleasurable learning experience and the opportunity to gain deeper insight into the management of problematic situations occurring in close relationships. Facework provides a thorough examination of the author's research, as well as that of others, on the self-aspects of communication in intimate relationships." "Students in psychology, sociology, communication, family studies, and social work will find Facework a stimulating, informative, and indispensable volume."--Jacket

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