Speaking from the heart : gender and the social meaning of emotion / Stephanie A. Shields.
"In Speaking from the Heart Stephanie Shields draws on examples from everyday life, contemporary culture, and the latest 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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Studies in emotion and social interaction.
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| Summary: | "In Speaking from the Heart Stephanie Shields draws on examples from everyday life, contemporary culture, and the latest 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 judgments about authenticity and legitimacy of experience, themes deeply implicated in creating and maintaining gender boundaries. This exploration of gender and emotion 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."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 214 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-207) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521004497 9780521004497 0521802970 9780521802970 |