Description
The sociology of emotions has recently undergone a renaissance, raising new questions for the social sciences: How should we define and study emotions? How are emotions related to perennial sociological debates about structure, power, and agency? Emotions Matter brings together leading international scholars to build on and extend sociological understandings of emotions.
Moving beyond reductionist approaches that frame emotions as idiosyncratic states of mind, the scholars in this collection conceptualize emotions as the experience of social relations. Empirical and theoretical chapters demonstrate how emotions relate to sociological theories of interaction, the body, gender, and communication. Pushing the boundaries of sociology and stimulating debate for related fields, Emotions Matter offers diverse relational approaches that illustrate the crucial importance of emotions to the sociological imagination.
About the Author
Dale Spencer is a Banting postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. Kevin Walby is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria. Alan Hunt is Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University.
Reviews
'Highly recommended.' -- C.J. Churchill * Choice Magazine, vol50:02:2012 *
Book Information
ISBN 9781442612532
Author Dale Spencer
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint University of Toronto Press
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Weight(grams) 500g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm
