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The cultural politics of emotion /

What do emotions do? How do emotions move us or get us stuck? In developing a theory of the cultural politics of emotion, Sara Ahmed focuses on the relationship between emotions, language and bodies. She shows how emotions are named in speech acts, as well as how they involve sensations that are fel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ahmed, Sara, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What do emotions do? How do emotions move us or get us stuck? In developing a theory of the cultural politics of emotion, Sara Ahmed focuses on the relationship between emotions, language and bodies. She shows how emotions are named in speech acts, as well as how they involve sensations that are felt by the skin. The Cultural Politics of Emotion develops a new methodology for reading 'the emotionality of texts' and offers analyses of the role of emotions in debates on international terrorism, asylum and migration, and reconciliation and reparation. New for this edition: an extensive Afterword, 'Emotions and Their Objects, ' which situates the book in relation to the emergent field of affect studies, as well as in relation to the author's body of scholarly work. New for this edition. An extensive Afterword, 'Emotions and Their Objects' which situates the book in relation to the emergent field of affect studies, as well as in relation to the author's body of scholarly work; a revised bibliography; updated throughout.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 256 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-248) and index.
ISBN:9780748691142
0748691146
9781135205706
1135205701
9781322059709
1322059705
9780748691159
0748691154