Emotion
Subtitle: new psychosocial perspectives
By: edited by Shelley Day-Sclater ... [et al.].
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780230216853
Description: "This book offers a uniquely psychosocial take on emotion, exploring the emotional undercurrents of everyday phenomena as diverse as war reporting, popular culture, advertising, education, criminality, public policy and motherhood. The book draws on sociology, psychology, cultural and media studies, and psychoanalysis"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: PART I: A Psychosocial Approach to Emotion: The Missing Dimension: Emotions in the Social Sciences / Michael Rustin; title: Representation, Affect and the Theory of the Subject / Anthony Elliott; title: Using Winnicott / Juliet Mitchell. PART II: Emotions in the Public Sphere: Explosive Humiliation and News Media / BarryRichards; title: 'As if' Intimacy? Mediated Persona, Politics and Gender / Jessica Evans; title: Masculinity, Flirtation and Political Communication in the UK / Candida Yates; title: 'Count the Beats of Your Heart not the Fingers on Your Hand': the Emotionalisation of Promotional Culture / Helen Powel. PART III: Emotions in the 'Private' Sphere; Thinking Psychosocially about Difference: Ethnicity, Community and Emotion / Simon Clarke; title: Panic and Perjury: A Psychosocial Exploration of Agency / Wendy Hollway and Tony Jefferson; title: Separation and Changing Identity in Becoming a Mother / Cathy Urwin; title: - What is this Thing Called Love? Narratives from Two Generations / Joanne Brown; title: PART IV: Practices, Interventions and Therapies: 'Be quiet and listen': Emotion, Public Policy and Social Totality / Andrew Cooper; title: Emotions and Contemporary Developments in Criminology / Loraine Gelsthorpe; title: Emotional Literacy in Schools: A Psychosocial Perspective / Heather Price; title: A Psychosocial Understanding of Personality Disorder: The Historical Problem of Moral Insanity / David W. Jones; title: Between the Body and Social Trauma: Working with the Aftermath of Torture / Nicola Diamond; title: Conclusions: Psychosocial Studies-A Therapeutic Project? / Barry Richards ... [et al.].