Emotion, Agency, and the Social Production of Affect. A Research Note
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2001
Publication Title
Newsletter of the Sociology of Emotion Section of the American Sociological Association
Volume
15
Issue
3
First page number:
8
Last page number:
10
Abstract
This is an attempt to find an order in the emotionally-charged narrative schemes that Western culture offers to people variously situated in social structure and struggling to make sense of their affective life. The assumption is that we interpret and label our emotions according to our station in life, agency status, and bio- socially framed temperament.
Keywords
Affect (Psychology); Emotions; Emotions--Sociological aspects; Social classes
Disciplines
Inequality and Stratification | Social Psychology | Social Psychology and Interaction
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Shalin, D. N.
(2001).
Emotion, Agency, and the Social Production of Affect. A Research Note.
Newsletter of the Sociology of Emotion Section of the American Sociological Association, 15(3),
8-10.