Speaking from the Heart: Gender and the Social Meaning of Emotion (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction)
Cambridge University Press, 6/6/2002
EAN 9780521802970, ISBN10: 0521802970
Hardcover, 230 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Who gets called 'emotional'? And what does it mean when that happens? What tells us that a person is 'speaking from the heart'? The prevailing stereotype is that she is emotional, while he is not. In Speaking From the Heart Professor Shields draws on examples from everyday life, contemporary culture and comprehensive 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 judgements about authenticity and legitimacy of experience, themes deeply implicated in creating and maintaining gender boundaries. This fascinating exploration of gender and emotion in a clear and engaging style 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.
Preface
1. That 'vivid, unforgettable condition'
2. When does gender matter?
3. Doing emotion/doing gender
practising 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
References
Index.