Bailey, Benjamin

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Professor, Department of Communication, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Benjamin
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My research focuses on language, culture, and social identities, particularly ethnicity and race. I am interested in negotiations of meaning and social identity in face-to-face interaction, particularly in intercultural contexts. My publications include Language, Race, and Negotiation of Identity: A Study of Dominican Americans and various articles and chapters on race, code switching, bilingualism, immigration, intercultural communication, personal names, and street remarks. I have also become interested in language and interaction in divorce mediation, as I am married to a divorce mediator in Springfield, MA. and the workings of present value pension calculations.
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    Piropo as a cultural term for talk in the Spanish-speaking world
    (2017-01-01) Bailey, Benjamin
    This paper examines meanings of a Spanish term for communicative action – piropo – and a range of practices in the Spanish-speaking world that are subsumed under the term. The archetypal piropo – a male making unsolicited flirtatious or sexually oriented comments to a passing female of reproductive age whom he does not know – has correlates in Anglo-America in the form of catcalls, but it encompasses a wider range of practices and meanings. The concept and activity of giving piropos are closely linked to cultural beliefs about gender and gender roles, the performance of masculinity, and appropriate behavior toward unacquainted fellow humans in public places.