Language and the Politics of Emotion

• Author(s): Catherine Lutz, Lila Abu-Lughod,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 217
• ISBN_10: 2735103676
  ISBN_13: 9782735103676
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics , Psychology / Emotions ,

Description:... In this collection of original essays it is argued that the key factor in the study of emotion must be the politics of social life rather than the psychology of the individual. Through close studies of talk about emotion scholars show how emotion is tied to the politics of everyday social life.