- 244 pages
- English
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About this book
Emotions are of increasing interest in all the human sciences. In the past two decades, a growing number of anthropologists have explored emotional dynamics in a variety of geographic and cultural settings, and have developed various, at times conflicting, theories of emotion. This book fills a major gap by providing a concise introduction to the anthropology of emotions that outlines some of the major themes and controversies. Drawing on fieldwork undertaken in Europe, Japan and Melanesia, the authors explore how consciousness, memory, identity and politics are intimately related to emotional processes. A broad range of case studies covers such topics as how fear is managed in Belfast, how Spanish gypsies grieve and why Japanese tourists are drawn to monkey parks. This book will be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the formative impact emotions have on culture and society in an increasingly globalized world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction: Emotions in Anthropology
- 1 Meanings, Feelings and Human Ecology
- 2 Darwin on the Expression of the Emotions: The Eclipse of a Research Programme
- 3 Being There: Emotion and Imagination in Anthropologistsâ Encounters
- 4 Resentment as a Sense of Self
- 5 Emotion, Memory and Religious Rituals: An Assessment of Two Theories
- 6 When Intuitive Knowledge Fails: Emotion, Art and Resolution
- 7 âCatholics, Protestants and Office Workers from the Townâ: The Experience and Negotiation of Fear in Northern Ireland
- 8 âAs if someone dear to me had diedâ: Intimate Landscapes, Political Subjectivity and the Problem of a Park in Sardinia
- 9 Love, Suffering and Grief Among Spanish Gitanos
- 10 Maternal Feelings on Monkey Mountain: Cross-species Emotional Affinity in Japan
- 11 The Politics of Chosen Trauma: Expellee Memories, Emotions and Identities
- Afterword
- Index