This volume describes and analyses a series of emotions prevalent in everyday life and culture, with each chapter exploring the main facets of a particular emot

Emerging from the International Conference on Emotion and Culture, held at the U. of Oregon (Eugene) in June 1992, the chapters in this volume examine the mutua

`There is much that is fascinating here. Long-established experiments and conclusions are rubbished and reinterpreted, long-established assumptions and beliefs

"Brings together some of the best examples of the work on emotions in cultural studies and related disciplines. This book differentiates between theoretical tra

This lively and accessible new book reconsiders the different views as to what 'culture' is, how it operates, and how it relates to other aspects of the human (