Political Emotions

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Synopsis

Political Emotions explores the contributions that the study of discourses, rhetoric, and framing of emotion make to understanding the public sphere, civil society and the political realm. Tackling critiques on the opposition of the public and private spheres, chapters in this volume examine why some sentiments are valued in public communication while others are judged irrelevant, and consider how sentiments mobilize political trajectories.
Emerging from the work of the Public Feelings research group at the University of Texas-Austin, and cohering in a New Agendas in Communication symposium, this volume brings together the work of young scholars from various areas of study, including sociology, gender studies, anthropology, art, and new media. The essays in this collection formulate new ways of thinking about the relations among the emotional, the cultural, and the political. Contributors recraft familiar ways of doing critical work, and bring forward new analyses of emotions in politics. Their work expands understanding of the role of emotion in the political realm, and will be influential in political communication, political science, sociology, and visual and cultural studies.

Book details

Series:
New Agendas in Communication Series
Author:
Janet Staiger
ISBN:
9781136956027
Related ISBNs:
9780203849538, 9780415880558, 9780415880558, 9780415880541, 9780415880541
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-04-03
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2010
Copyright by:
Taylor 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Communication, Language Arts, Nonfiction, Politics and Government