Speaking from the Heart
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-00449-7 (ISBN)
Who gets called 'emotional'? And what does it mean when that happens? What tells us that a person is 'speaking from the heart'? The prevailing stereotype is that she is emotional, while he is not. In Speaking From the Heart Professor Shields draws on examples from everyday life, contemporary culture and comprehensive research, to reveal how culturally shared beliefs about emotion shape our identities as women and men. She shows how the discourse of emotion is fundamentally concerned with judgements about authenticity and legitimacy of experience, themes deeply implicated in creating and maintaining gender boundaries. This fascinating exploration of gender and emotion in a clear and engaging style takes up topics as diverse as nineteenth-century ideals of womanhood, weeping politicians, children's play and the Superbowl. It is a must read for anyone interested in the way emotion affects our everyday lives.
Stephanie A. Shields is Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She has been Director of Women's Studies both at the University of California, Davis, and at Pennsylvania State University, and was founding director of the Consortium for Women and Research at UCD. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the American Psychological Society and a charter member of the International Society for Research on Emotions. She is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on human emotion, the psychology of gendeR, and women in American Psychology. This is her first single-authored book.
Preface; 1. That 'vivid, unforgettable condition'; 2. When does gender matter?; 3. Doing emotion/doing gender: practising in order to 'get it right'; 4. Sentiment, sympathy, and passion in the late nineteenth century; 5. The education of the emotions; 6. Ideal emotion and the fallacy of the inexpressive male; 7. Emotional = female; angry = male?; 8. Speaking from the heart; References; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.6.2010 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-00449-7 / 0521004497 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-00449-7 / 9780521004497 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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