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Overview
This book provides a concise introduction to the anthropology of emotions that outlines some of the major themes and controversies. Drawing on fieldwork undertaken in Europe, Japan and Melanesia, the authors explore how consciousness, memory, identity and politics are intimately related to emotional processes. A broad range of case studies covers such topics as how fear is managed in Belfast, how Spanish gypsies grieve and why Japanese tourists are drawn to monkey parks. This book will be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the formative impact emotions have on culture and society in an increasingly globalized world.Synopsis
In this collection of 11 essays, contributors describe their most recent work in the anthropology of emotions, an interdisciplinary field which is becoming increasingly popular in its commentary about the natural or cultural nature of emotions, their contributions to the political, cultural and social, and their relationship to fieldwork and memory. General topics include feelings and human ecology, Darwin on the expression of emotions, imagination in anthropological studies, resentment in a sense of self, theories in religious rituals, art and resolution, the negotiation of fear in Northern Ireland, subjectivity in landscapes, grief amongst Spanish Gitanos, cross-species emotional affinity in Japan, and the memories, emotions and identities of the expelled. Distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR