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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170995903321

Titolo

Emotions in social life : critical themes and contemporary issues / / edited by Gillian Bendelow and Simon J. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

1-134-77417-6

1-134-77414-1

1-134-77416-8

1-280-31958-5

0-203-43745-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 333 p

Altri autori (Persone)

BendelowGillian <1956->

WilliamsSimon J <1961-> (Simon Johnson)

Disciplina

302

Soggetti

Emotions - Sociological aspects

Social psychology

Social medicine

Sex - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part Part I Critical perspectives on emotions -- chapter 1 The sociology of emotion as a way of seeing / Arlie Russell Hochschild -- chapter 2 Emotion and communicative action -- chapter 3 The limitations of cultural constructionism in the study of emotion / Margot L. Lyon -- chapter 4 The sociogenesis of emotion -- part Part II The mediation of emotional experience -- chapter 5 ‘Bored and blasé’ -- chapter 6 In search of the inner child -- chapter 7 Emotions, cyberspace and the ‘virtual’ body -- part Part III Emotions and the body through the life-course -- chapter 8 Children, emotions and daily life at home and school -- chapter 9 ‘Shorties, low-lifers, hardnuts and kings’ -- chapter 10 Ageing and the emotions / Mike Hepworth -- part Part IV Sexuality, intimacy and personal relations -- chapter 11 Masculinity, violence and emotional life / Victor Jeleniewski Seidler -- chapter 12 ‘Stepford wives’ and ‘hollow men’? -- chapter 13 Changes in the ‘lust balance’ of sex and love since the sexual revolution -- part Part V



Emotions and health -- chapter 14 Emotions, pain and gender / Gillian Bendelow -- chapter 15 Social performances and their discontents -- chapter 16 ‘Getting the job done’ -- chapter 17 Emotions in rationalizing organizations.

Sommario/riassunto

In this comprehensive assessment of the sociology of emotions, scholars of international stature argue that emotions hold a crucial key to our understanding of social processes. Covers key areas such as sexuality, health and gender.