Exponents of Emotions in Father’s Blogs [a Contribution to Linguistic and Cultural Research on the Modern Image of a Man] Cover Image

Wykładniki emocji w blogach ojcowskich (przyczynek do lingwistyczno-kulturowych badań nad współczesnym obrazem mężczyzny)
Exponents of Emotions in Father’s Blogs [a Contribution to Linguistic and Cultural Research on the Modern Image of a Man]

Author(s): Dorota Suska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: cultural linguistics; gender stereotype; stereotype of the male; emotions; father’s blogs; exponents of male emotions

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the presented analysis is to show the exponents of excitement in the online genre – father’s blogs. Men’s parenting blogs reflect changes in the field of parenting, where father beginsto appear – as an active and participating. This role goes beyond the stereotype of the male and theprevious experience of fathers – both media and private. Therefore, the paternal narrative in blogsis for linguists valuable research material, that shows, among others, different aspects of male emotionality and ways to verbalize it. The emotional component of father`s image is created by meansexpressing feelings (not naming them), polyfunctional, used in unusual combinations and contexts.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 109-121
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish