Feeling power : emotions and education / Megan Boler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boler, Megan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical pedagogy.

Affective education.

Emotions and cognition.

Feminism and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on the ways emotions are conceived and enacted within educational settings. Boler draws on feminist theory, pedagogical theory, philosophy, psychoanalysis and cultural studies to explore the complexities of emotion.

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENT; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER ONE FEELING POWER; INTRODUCTION; "FEELING POWER"; TENSIONS BETWEEN "POWER" AND "EMOTIONS"; FEMINIST CHALLENGES TO THE VIEW OF EMOTIONS AS "INDIVIDUALIZED"; FEMINIST CHALLENGES TO WESTERN THOUGHT: Dismantling the Binaries of Male/Female, Public/Private, Reason/Emotion; FEMINIST THEORIES OF EMOTION; HISTORIES OF EMOTION; ECONOMIES OF MIND: Archaeology and Genealogy; CHAPTER TWO DISCIPLINED EMOTIONS; PASTORAL POWER AND SOCIAL CONTROL OF EMOTIONS

COMMON-SCHOOL MOVEMENT AND PASTORAL CODES OF EMOTIONAL CONDUCT AND VIRTUERELIGIOUS BACKDROP TO WOMEN'S RELATION TO EDUCATION AND EMOTIONS; RATIONALITY AND THE PEDAGOGY OF LOVE; MEDICAL/SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSES OF EMOTION: The Pathologizing of Women; THE SHIFT TO UTILITY-BASED MORALITY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE OF EMOTIONS; CAPITALIZING ON EMOTION: Social Efficiency and "Human Resources," 1900–1920; MEASURING MERITOCRACY; MENTAL-HYGIENE: The Social Scientific

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-224) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-96300-2

1-135-96301-0

1-280-06313-0

0-203-00949-5

9780203009499

OCLC:

475921079