Affect and emotion : a new social science understanding

Emotion is an important topic in social science. This work - from a leading voice in the field - not only accessibly outlines the research from different fields, but is the first to pull it together to propose an agenda setting proposal for a definitive approach

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wetherell, Margaret , 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE , c2012
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introducing affect: lines of argument
  • 2. Bodying affect: affective flows and their psychobiological figuring
  • 3. Negotiating affect: discourse, representation and affective meaning-making
  • 4. Situating affect: interaction, accountability and the present moment
  • 5. Solidifying affect: structures of feeling, habitus and emotional capital
  • 6. Personalising affect: relational histories, subjectivities and the psychosocial
  • 7. Circulating affect: waves of feeling, contagion and affective transmission