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Speaking from the heart : gender and the social meaning of emotion / Stephanie A. Shields.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in emotion and social interaction. Second series. Publisher: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002Description: xiii, 214 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521004497
  • 9780521004497
  • 0521802970
  • 9780521802970
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 152.4
LOC classification:
  • BF531. S55 2002
Contents:
1. That "vivid, unforgettable condition" -- 2. When does gender matter? -- 3. Doing emotion/doing gender: practicing 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.
Review: "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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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 152.4 SHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A286700B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-207) and index.

1. That "vivid, unforgettable condition" -- 2. When does gender matter? -- 3. Doing emotion/doing gender: practicing 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.

"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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