Men and the Language of Emotions challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving distancing from the language of emotions. Drawing on a study of heterosexual men talking about their life and relationships, he demonstrates that men are capable of speaking of emotions, and in direct and uninhibited ways.

Acknowledgements Transcription Conventions Men and their Emotions Stories of Emotional Masculinity 'There is a Concern' - Strategies of Emotion Talk 'No worries', or the Emotional View of Reality Emotions of Fatherhood Speaking Helplessly: The Emotions of Unemployment Masculinity? What Masculinity? References Index

Dariusz Galasi?ski is Professor of Discourse and Cultural Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and Visiting Professor at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland. His books include Language of Deception, Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis (co-author), Men and the Language of Emotions, The Language of Belonging (co-author) and Men's Discourses of Depression.