Emotions: A Cultural Studies Reader: A Reader

Emotions are a loaded topic. From love and hate to grief, fear and envy, emotions are increasingly understood as driving forces in social life. The Emotions: A Cultural Reader applies a cross-cultural perspective on emotions. It examines the fact that emotions are socially and culturally constructed, while highlighting problems of comparison and translation of local terms and emotional experiences. Are emotions cultural or universal? To what extent are there culturally distinct emotions? The Emotions closes the traditional Western gap where emotions are separated from rationality and thought: the heart versus mind debate. By presenting both classic essays and new cutting-edge chapters from anthropology, sociology and psychology with important contributions from philosophy and neuroscience, the volume connects a rich range of cross-cultural studies to form a thriving interdisciplinary debate on emotions. Are Emotions Cultural Or Universal? To What Extent Are There Culturally Distinct Emotions? The Emotions Closes The Gap Traditionally Found In The West, Where Emotions Are Separated From Rationality And Thought: The Heart Versus Mind Debate. By Presenting Both Classic Essays And New Cutting-edge Chapters From Anthropology, Sociology, And Psychology, With Important Contributions From Philosophy And Neuroscience, The Emotions Connects A Rich Range Of Cross-cultural Studies To Form A Thriving Interdisciplinary Debate On Emotions. Introduction: The Cultural Study Of Mood And Meaning / Helena Wulff -- Exploring Emotions -- Emotion, Thought, And Estrangement : Emotion As A Cultural Category / Catherine A. Lutz -- Emotion Talk Across Cultures / Paul Heelas -- Emotion, Feelings And Hedonics In The Human Brain / Morten L. Kringelbach -- Emotion (or Life, The Universe, Everything) / Kay Milton -- Can Happiness Be Taught? / Martin E.p. Seligman -- Exploring The Managed Heart / Arlie Russell Hochschild -- Catholics, Protestants And Office Workers From The Town : The Experience And Negotiation Of Fear In Northern Ireland / Karen D. Lysaght -- Emotions In Academia / Billy Ehn And Orvar Löfgren -- The Cartesian Divide Of The Nation-state : Emotion And Bureaucratic Logic / Don Handelman -- Love And Hate -- Shifting Politics In Bedouin Love Poetry / Lila Abu-lughod -- Perilous Passions : Romantic Love And Love Magic In Russia / Galina Lindquist -- Knowledge And The Practice Of Love And Hate Among The Enxet Of Paraguay / Stephen W. Kidd -- Relations With The Imagined Child : The Emotionality Of Becoming An Adoptive Parent In Norway / Signe Howell -- Anger, Shame And Grief -- Getting Angry : The Jamesian Theory Of Emotion In Anthropology / Robert C. Solomon -- The Shame Of Headhunters And The Autonomy Of Self / Michelle Z. Rosaldo -- Grief And A Headhunter's Rage : On The Cultural Force Of Emotions / Renato Rosaldo -- Moving Corpses : Emotions And Subject-object Ambiguity / Maruška Svašek -- Desire And Expectations -- 'cool Play' : Emotionality In Dance As A Resource In Senegalese Urban Women's Associations / Hélène Neveu Kringelbach -- The Performance Hypothesis : Practicing Emotion In Protected Frames / William O. Beeman -- The Emotional Life Of Gay Men : Observations From New York / Moshe Shokeid -- From Rational Calculation To Sensual Experience : The Marketing Of Emotions In Advertising / Timothy D. Malefyt -- Emotional Baggage : The Meaning/feeling Debate Amongst Tourists / Jonathan Skinner -- The Emotional Self And Identity -- Person, Time, And Conduct In Bali / Clifford Geertz -- Emotions And The Self : A Theory Of Personhood And Political Order Among Pintupi Aborigines / Fred R. Myers -- Rachel's Emotional Life : Movement And Identity / Nigel Rapport -- Afterword / Robert A. Levine. Edited By Helena Wulff. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 8 Acknowledgements 12 Introduction: The Cultural Study of Mood and Meaning by Helena Wulff 14 PART I: EXPLORING EMOTIONS 30 1. Emotion, Thought, and Estrangement: Emotion as a Cultural Category by Catherine A. Lutz 32 2. Emotion Talk across Cultures by Paul Heelas 44 3. Emotion, Feelings and Hedonics in the Human Brain by Morten L. Kringelbach 50 4. Emotion (or Life, The Universe, Everything) by Kay Milton 74 5. Can Happiness Be Taught? by Martin E. P. Seligman 90 6. Exploring the Managed Heart by Arlie Russell Hochschild 96 7. Catholics, Protestants and Office Workers from the Town: The Experience and Negotiation of Fear in Northern Ireland by Karen D. Lysaght 106 8. Emotions in Academia by Billy Ehn and Orvar Lofgren 114 9. The Cartesian Divide of the Nation-State: Emotion and Bureaucratic Logic by Don Handelman 132 PART II: LOVE AND HATE 154 10. Shifting Politics in Bedouin Love Poetry by Lila Abu-Lughod 156 11. Perilous Passions: Romantic Love and Love Magic in Russia by Galina Lindquist 166 12. Knowledge and the Practice of Love and Hate Among the Enxet of Paraguay by Stephen W. Kidd 184 13. Relations with the Imagined Child: The Emotionality of Becoming an AdoptiveParent in Norway BY Signe Howell 192 PART III: ANGER, SHAME AND GRIEF 208 14. Getting Angry: The Jamesian Theory of Emotion in Anthropology by Robert C. Solomon 210 15. The Shame of Headhunters and the Autonomy of Self by Michelle Z. Rosaldo 218 16. Grief and a Headhunter’s Rage: On the Cultural Force of Emotions by Renato Rosaldo 232 17. Moving Corpses: Emotions and Subject-Object Ambiguity by Maruska Svasek 242 PART IV: DESIRE AND EXPECTATIONS 262 18. 'Cool Play': Emotionality in Dance as a Resource in Senegalese Urban Women’s Associations by Helene Neveu Kringelbach 264 19. The Performance Hypothesis: Practicing Emotions in Protected Frames by William O. Beeman 286 20. The Emotional Life of Gay Men: Observations from New York by Moshe Shokeid 312 21. From Rational Calculation to Sensual Experience: The Marketing of Emotions in Advertising by Timothy de Waal Malefyt 334 22. Emotional Baggage: The Meaning/Feeling Debate amongst Tourists by Jonathan Skinner 352 PART V: THE EMOTIONAL SELF AND IDENTITY 368 23. Person, Time, and Conduct in Bali by Clifford Geertz 370 24. Emotions and the Self: A Theory of Personhood and Political Order Among Pintupi Aborigines by Fred R. Myers 382 25. Rachel’s Emotional Life: Movement and Identity by Nigel Rapport 392 Afterword by Robert A. LeVine 410 Contributors 414 Copyright Permissions 420 Index 422 "Emotions: A Cultural Studies Reader" brings together the best examples of recent and cutting-edge work on emotions in cultural studies and related disciplines. The book differentiates between theoretical traditions and ways of understanding emotion in relation to culture, subjectivity and power, thus mapping a new academic territory and providing a succinct overview of cultural studies as well as studies of emotion. The reader is divided into two parts: Part I contains key essays from the fields of cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, and history. These essays provide insights into how emotions are sociocultural phenomena, how they are culturally and historically specific, how they change over time, across cultures, and within societies, and how they participate in the production of power relations. Part II contains essays which illustrate core aspects of a cultural emotion studies. They adopt diverse perspectives, topics, and methodologies on emotions, offering new understandings of key themes taken up by cultural studies such as nation, the public sphere, popular culture, subjectivity, social identity, discourse, and power relations. Together, they demonstrate what emotions 'do' and how they contribute to knowledge production. "Emotions: A Cultural Studies Reader" provides students with an essential overview of contemporary academic debate within the humanities and social sciences on the place of emotions in culture, as part of everyday individual, cultural, and political life

Emotions: A Cultural Studies Reader brings together the best examples of recent and cutting-edge work on emotions in cultural studies and related disciplines. The book differentiates between theoretical traditions and ways of understanding emotion in relation to culture, subjectivity and power, thus mapping a new academic territory and providing a succinct overview of cultural studies as well as studies of emotion.

The collection provides students with an essential overview of contemporary academic debate within the humanities and social sciences on the place of emotions in culture, as part of everyday individual, cultural, and political life.

__Emotions: A Cultural Studies Reader__ brings together the best examples of recent and cutting-edge work on emotions in cultural studies and related disciplines. The book differentiates between theoretical traditions and ways of understanding emotion in relation to culture, subjectivity and power, thus mapping a new academic territory and providing a succinct overview of cultural studies as well as studies of emotion. The collection provides students with an essential overview of contemporary academic debate within the humanities and social sciences on the place of emotions in culture, as part of everyday individual, cultural, and political life. "Brings together some of the best examples of the work on emotions in cultural studies and related disciplines. This book differentiates between theoretical traditions and ways of understanding emotion in relation to culture, subjectivity and power, mapping an academic territory and providing an overview of cultural studies and studies of emotion."--BOOK JACKET Culturalist foundations Contributions from cultural anthropology Sociological perspectives Historical approaches Transforming the public Popular arts Affecting subjects.