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Emotions in social life : critical themes and contemporary issues / edited by Gillian Bendelow and Simon J. Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emotions--Sociological aspects.
- Emotions.
- Social psychology.
- Social medicine.
- Sex--Philosophy.
- Sex.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 333 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-77417-6
- 1-134-77414-1
- 1-134-77416-8
- 1-280-31958-5
- 0-203-43745-4
- 9780203437452
- OCLC:
- 560374534
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