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OverviewThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the field of the Sociology of Emotions, incorporating sociological, feminist and cultural perspectives. Structured around three dimensions - conceptualisation, theory and analysis of emotions it provides new insights into the field, with a particular focus on contemporary social issues such as loneliness, depression, confidence, consumption, class, intimacy and sexuality. The book examines the language of emotions, looking at macro and micro framing of emotions in modernity, emotional labour, public emotions, passionate emotions, melancholic emotions, masculinity and emotions, love, intimacy and emotions. It delves into both positive and negative emotions such as happiness, anger, fear and sadness. The book will be essential reading for researchers and students seeking a current and interdisciplinary resource covering a wide range of international material in the field of Sociology of Emotions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ann BrooksPublisher: Bristol University Press Imprint: Bristol University Press Edition: Abridged edition ISBN: 9781529217322ISBN 10: 1529217326 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 17 October 2024 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available, will be POD  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon it's release. This is a print on demand item which is still yet to be released. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Language of Emotions: Concepts and Perspectives on the Emotions 2. The History of Emotions: The Emotions in Modernity 3. Privatised Emotions: Emotional Complexity in Late Modernity 4. Emotional Intersections: Gender in Emotions 5. Emotional Capital and Emotional Commodities 6. Positive and Negative Emotions 7. Emotions, Love and DesireReviews""This prolific author’s magisterial breadth of knowledge produces an overview of sociology of emotions at once extensive and concise. An up-to-date, indispensable resource for students and researchers."" Catherine M. Roach, University of Alabama “As well as demonstrating the richness of emotions analysis, by drawing on distinct broad perspectives, Ann Brooks shows how the social world and everyday lives are illuminated through a 21st century sociology of emotions. This is a book that is easy to read but hard to put down.” Jack Barbalet, Australian Catholic University """This prolific author’s magisterial breadth of knowledge produces an overview of sociology of emotions at once extensive and concise. An up-to-date, indispensable resource for students and researchers."" Catherine M. Roach, University of Alabama “As well as demonstrating the richness of emotions analysis, by drawing on distinct broad perspectives, Ann Brooks shows how the social world and everyday lives are illuminated through a 21st century sociology of emotions. This is a book that is easy to read but hard to put down.” Jack Barbalet, Australian Catholic University" Author InformationAnn Brooks was most recently a Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). Ann has held professorial and other senior academic positions in Australia, Singapore, the UK and New Zealand, and has authored 14 books with major international publishers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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