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Book review: Floyd, K. (2006). Communicating affection: Interpersonal behavior and social context. New York: Cambridge University Press. 234 pp. ISBN 13: 9780521832052; ISBN 10: 0521832055 (hardback), $80.00

Book review: Floyd, K. (2006). Communicating affection: Interpersonal behavior and social... Book reviews Floyd, K. (2006). Communicating affection: Interpersonal behavior and social context. New York: Cambridge University Press. 234 pp. ISBN 13: 9780521832052; ISBN 10: 0521832055 (hardback), $80.00. Reviewed by: Valerie Manusov, Department of Communication, University of Washington, USA. I am feeling good. Really good. And now I know why. I just spent a half hour on the couch with my 9 year old son, cuddling, laughing, and occasion- ally telling one another just how much we love the other. That is, I had 30 glorious minutes of sending and receiving affection. And I had the benefit of having read Kory Floyd’s compre- hensive account on communicated affection to help me understand why expressing real affec- tion works the ways it does. In this monograph, Floyd presents a clear, precise, and fully persuasive discussion of (1) what we know, (2) what we think we know, and (3) what we still need to understand about the process of communicating affection. Specifically, Floyd uses his own commitment to bioevolutionary approaches to underlay a set of well-detailed and digestible explanations of why it feels good – most of the time – to both be the recipient and the provider of affectionate cues (e.g., http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Social and Personal Relationships SAGE

Book review: Floyd, K. (2006). Communicating affection: Interpersonal behavior and social context. New York: Cambridge University Press. 234 pp. ISBN 13: 9780521832052; ISBN 10: 0521832055 (hardback), $80.00

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Book reviews Floyd, K. (2006). Communicating affection: Interpersonal behavior and social context. New York: Cambridge University Press. 234 pp. ISBN 13: 9780521832052; ISBN 10: 0521832055 (hardback), $80.00. Reviewed by: Valerie Manusov, Department of Communication, University of Washington, USA. I am feeling good. Really good. And now I know why. I just spent a half hour on the couch with my 9 year old son, cuddling, laughing, and occasion- ally telling one another just how much we love the other. That is, I had 30 glorious minutes of sending and receiving affection. And I had the benefit of having read Kory Floyd’s compre- hensive account on communicated affection to help me understand why expressing real affec- tion works the ways it does. In this monograph, Floyd presents a clear, precise, and fully persuasive discussion of (1) what we know, (2) what we think we know, and (3) what we still need to understand about the process of communicating affection. Specifically, Floyd uses his own commitment to bioevolutionary approaches to underlay a set of well-detailed and digestible explanations of why it feels good – most of the time – to both be the recipient and the provider of affectionate cues (e.g.,

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Published: Apr 1, 2008

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