Structures of feeling : affectivity and the study of culture / edited by Devika Sharma and Frederik Tygstrup.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bachmann-Medick, Doris, editor.

Tygstrup, Frederik, editor.

Series:

Concepts for the study of culture ; 5.

Concepts for the study of culture ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Affect (Psychology).

Emotions--Sociological aspects.

Emotions.

Physical Description:

vii, 267 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]

Summary:

Affect is a significant element in the organisation of the way we live now. Taking as its point of departure Roymond Williams' notion "structure of feeling", this volume investigates how affectivity makes a difference in memory studies, performance studies, and the range of cultural studies across the humanities and social sciences today. It illustrates the importance of theorizing affectively at a moment when social and cultural life are becoming increasingly affect-driven. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Producing Affect

Mediashock / Richard Grusin Grusin, Richard 29

Parsing Affective Economies of Race, Sexuality, and Gender: The Case of 'Nasty Love' / Eliza Steinbock Steinbock, Eliza 40

Affect Image, Touch Image / Katrine Dirckinck-Holmfeld Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Katrine 50

Introducing Wounds: Challenging the 'Crap Theory of Pain' in Nikola Lezaic's Tilva Roš / Mirko Milivojevic Milivojevic, Mirko 58

Affect, Bio-politics and the Field of Contemporary Performing Arts / Anja Bajda Bajda, Anja 66

Reflections on Fear as a Structure of Feeling in Specific Large Scale Installations in Contemporary Art / Heloïse Lauraire Lauraire, Heloïse 74

2 Affective Pasts

Compelling Affects / Structured Feelings: Remembering 9/11 / Esther Peeren Peeren, Esther 85

Staging Emotions: On Configurations of Emotional Selfhood, Gendered Bodies, and Politics in Late Eighteenth Century / Tine Damsholt Damsholt, Tine 98

Nostalgia and Nostophobia: Emotional Memory in Joseph Roth and Herta Müller / Martin Baake-Hansen Baake-Hansen, Martin 116

'Affects as Stabilizers of Memory'? The Literary Representation of Emotion, Affect, and Feeling in Self-Reflexive Autobiographies / Christiane Struth Struth, Christiane 124

"The Past Beats Inside Me Like a Second Heart": The Narrative (Re)Construction of Emotions in John Banville's The Sea / Stephanie Frink Frink, Stephanie 132

3 Affective Thinking

Affect and Feminist Methodology, Or What Does It Mean to be Moved? / Clare Hemmings Hemmings, Clare 147

The Curious Case of Affective Hospitality: Curiosity, Affect, and Pierre Klossowski's Laws of Hospitality / Robert G. Ryder Ryder, Robert G. 159

"What Can This Sorrow Be?": Elegiac Affectivity in Virginia Woolf's Jacob's Room / Ane Martine Lönneker Lönneker, Ane Martine 169

"One Thing Melts into Another": Unanimism, Affect, and Imagery in Virginia Woolf's The Waves / Elisabeth Skou Pedersen Pedersen, Elisabeth Skou 178

Towards a New Thinking on Humanism in Fernand Deligny's Network / Marlon Miguel Miguel, Marlon 187

4 Circulating Affect

Sympathetic Mobilization / Britta Timm Knudsen Knudsen, Britta Timm, Carsten Stage Stage, Carsten 199

A Strategic Romance? On the Affective Relation between Lady Gaga and Her Little Monsters / Lise Dilling-Hansen Dilling-Hansen, Lise 216

Experiences of Assisted Reproduction in Video Blogs: On the Aesthetic-Affective Dimension of Individual Fertility Projects on YouTube / Nathalie W. Soelmark Soelmark, Nathalie W. 226

Articulation of Well-being in Images of Beauty and Health / Matti Kortesoja Kortesoja, Matti 235

How to meet the 'Strange Stranger': A Sketch for an Affective Biophilia / Lauren Greyson Greyson, Lauren 243

The Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Theories of Affect and their Impact on Artistic Creation: A Study Based on Several Key Chinese Words / Yu Zhao Zhao, Yu 252.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110369519

3110369516

OCLC:

896954263