Sentimental State(s) : Affective Politics of Order and Belonging.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, Heike.

Contributor:

Pritz, Sarah.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Paul Heike : Heike Paul (Prof. Dr.), geb. 1968, ist Lehrstuhlinhaberin für Amerikanistik an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Forschungsaufenthalte und Gastprofessuren führten sie nach Cambridge (MA), Los Angeles (CA) und Hanover (NH). Sie ist u.a. Sprecherin des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs »Das Sentimentale in Literatur, Kultur und Politik« und erhielt 2018 den Leibniz-Preis.Pritz Sarah Miriam : Sarah Miriam Pritz (Mag., Bakk. phil.), geb. 1987, ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Professur für Gesellschaftsanalyse und sozialen Wandel der Universität Hamburg. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die Soziologie der Emotionen, Kultursoziologie sowie Methoden qualitativer Sozialforschung.

Summary:

The word »state« has a double meaning, signifying both a condition and a political entity.Starting from this observation, the contributors to this volume provide a cross-cultural and cross-media discussion of the role of the sentimental in political culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction / Heike Paul, Sarah Pritz

I. Sentimental Leadership

"I was honestly just speaking as Robert" / Julian Müller

Sentimental Authority / Harald Zapf

The Function of Tears in U.S. Politics / Carmen Birkle

Balcony Scenes / Jan-Henrik Witthaus

Back to the Future / Antonia Thies

Impolite, Emotive Language and the Making of Us vs. Them / Saowanee T. Alexander, Duncan McCargo

II. The People's Feelings

Sentimental States of the Nation / Christian Krug

The Power of Sentimental Cinema and Sentimental Politics / Elaine Roth

"The only thing that matters to her" / Charleena Schweda

'Rally Around the Christmas Tree' / Sarah Marak, Heike Paul

Constructing Recognition, Mobilizing Sentiment / Anna Corrigan

United by Anger-Divided by Humor? / Vincent Steinbach

Music and the Politics of Belonging in Revolutionary Episodes / Thomas Demmelhuber

Weeping for Chairman Mao Zedong / Marc Andre Matten

A Cultural Sociology of the Sentimental / Sarah Pritz

Contributors

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-8394-7417-5

OCLC:

1513411040

Publisher Number:

10.14361/9783839474174