Language and the Politics of Emotion

Author: Catherine A. Lutz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521388689
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
Emotions have long been a central concern in philosophy, psychological and sociological studies. When anthropologists began to study emotion, they challenged many assumptions shared by Western academics and lay persons by exposing the cultural variability of emotional meanings. In this collection of original essays by anthropologists concerned with the relationship of language and emotion, it is argued that the key focus to the study of emotion might be the politics of social life rather than the psychology of the individual. Through close studies of talk about emotion and emotional discourses in social contexts from poetry and song to therapeutic narratives, scholars who have worked in India, Fiji, the United States, Egypt, Senegal and the Solomon Islands show how emotion is tied to politics of everyday interaction. Their arguments and cross-cultural findings will intrigue and provoke anyone who has thought about the relationship between emotion, language and social life. The book will be of special interest to those who find the boundaries between cultural, psychological and linguistic anthropology, sociology, cross-cultural psychiatry, and social psychology too confining.

Language, Emotion, and Politics in South India

Author: Lisa Mitchell
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253353017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
The charged emotional politics of language and identity in India

Cultural Politics of Emotion

Author: Sara Ahmed
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748691146
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Emotions work to define who we are as well as shape what we do and this is no more powerfully at play than in the world of politics. Ahmed considers how emotions keep us invested in relationships of power, and also shows how this use of emotion could be crucial to areas such as feminist and queer politics. Debates on international terrorism, asylum and migration, as well as reconciliation and reparation, are explored through topical case studies. In this book the difficult issues are confronted head on. The Cultural Politics of Emotion is in dialogue with recent literature on emotions within gender studies, cultural studies, sociology, psychology and philosophy. Throughout the book, Ahmed develops a theory of how emotions work, and the effects they have on our day-to-day lives. New for this editionA substantial 15,000-word Afterword on 'Emotions and Their Objects' which provides an original contribution to the burgeoning field of affect studiesA revised BibliographyUpdated throughout.

Language and Emotion

Author: James M. Wilce
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521864178
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 247

Book Description
This book analyses the signals people use to express emotion, looking at the social, cultural and political functions of emotional language.

Digital Cultures and the Politics of Emotion

Author: Athina Karatzogianni
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230391346
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278

Book Description
Fifteen thought-provoking essays engage in an innovative dialogue between cultural studies of affect, feelings and emotions, and digital cultures, new media and technology. The volume provides a fascinating dialogue that cuts across disciplines, media platforms and geographic and linguistic boundaries.

Emotions, Media and Politics

Author: Karin Wahl-Jorgensen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509531432
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
Emotions have long been neglected in media research, although their role is a vital ingredient in shaping our shared stories and the ways we engage with them. But emotions, as they circulate through the media, can also be divisive and exclusionary. Karin Wahl-Jorgensen makes the case for researching the role of emotions in mediated politics. Drawing on a series of studies, she explores the complex relationship between emotions, politics and media. The book includes analyses of how Facebook structures emotional reactions; the anger of Donald Trump; the use of personal storytelling in feminist Twitter hashtags; the role of emotionality in award-winning journalism; and the communities created by political fandoms. Essential reading for scholars and students, this important volume opens up new ways of thinking about and researching emotions, media and politics.

Anglo Nostalgia

Author: Edoardo Campanella
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190068930
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
Does not seek to judge the wisdom of Britain leaving the EU, but exposes nostalgia's great danger: the oversimplification of reality.

Feeling Politics

Author: D. Redlawsk
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403983119
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 279

Book Description
As part of the study of emotions and politics, this book explores connections between affect and cognition and their implications for political evaluation, decision and action. Emphasizing theory, methodology and empirical research, Feeling Politics is an important contribution to political science, sociology, psychology and communications.

An Emotional State

Author: Anna M. Parkinson
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472119680
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
Reveals the extent of Germany's emotional responses in the postwar period, challenging persistent paradigms

Emotion in Discourse

Author: J. Lachlan Mackenzie
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027262772
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 411

Book Description
Interest in human emotion no longer equates to unscientific speculation. 21st-century humanities scholars are paying serious attention to our capacity to express emotions and giving rigorous explanations of affect in language. We are unquestionably witnessing an ‘emotional turn’ not only in linguistics, but also in other fields of scientific research. Emotion in Discourse follows from and reflects on this scholarly awakening to the world of emotion, and in particular, to its intricate relationship with human language. The book presents both the state of the art and the latest research in an effort to unravel the various workings of the expression of emotion in discourse. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, for emotion is a multifarious phenomenon whose functions in language are enlightened by such other disciplines as psychology, neurology, or communication studies. The volume shows not only how emotion manifests at different linguistic levels, but also how it relates to aspects like linguistic appraisal, emotional intelligence or humor, as well as covering its occurrence in various genres, including scientific discourse. As such, the book contributes to an emerging interdisciplinary field which could be labeled “emotionology”, transcending previous linguistic work and providing an updated characterization of how emotion functions in human discourse.