Language and the Politics of Emotion by Catherine A Lutz

Language and the Politics of Emotion by Catherine A Lutz

Emotions have long been a central concern in philosophy, psychological and sociological studies. When anthropologists began to study emotion, they challenged many assumptions shared by Western academics and lay persons by exposing the cultural variability of emotional meanings. In this collection of original essays by anthropologists concerned with the relationship of language and emotion, it is argued that the key focus to the study of emotion might be the politics of social life rather than the psychology of the individual. Through close studies of talk about emotion and emotional discourses in social contexts from poetry and song to therapeutic narratives, scholars who have worked in India, Fiji, the United States, Egypt, Senegal and the Solomon Islands show how emotion is tied to politics of everyday interaction. Their arguments and cross-cultural findings will intrigue and provoke anyone who has thought about the relationship between emotion, language and social life. The book will be of special interest to those who find the boundaries between cultural, psychological and linguistic anthropology, sociology, cross-cultural psychiatry, and social psychology too confining.

Lutz, Catherine: - Catherine Lutz is Professor of Anthropology at Brown University, where she has a joint appointment with the Watson Institute for International Studies. Her books include Homefront: A Military City and the American 20th Century.

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ISBN 13	9780521388689
ISBN 10	0521388686
Title	Language and the Politics of Emotion
Author	Catherine A Lutz
Series	Studies In Emotion And Social Interaction
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1990-06-29
Number of pages	228
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