The Sociology of Emotions - by Ann Brooks

Book Synopsis

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the field of the Sociology of Emotions, incorporating sociological, feminist and cultural perspectives.

Structured around three dimensions - conceptualisation, theory and analysis of emotions - it provides new insights into the field, with a particular focus on contemporary social issues such as loneliness, depression, confidence, consumption, class, intimacy and sexuality.

The book examines the language of emotions, looking at macro and micro framing of emotions in modernity, emotional labour, public emotions, passionate emotions, melancholic emotions, masculinity and emotions, love, intimacy and emotions. It delves into both positive and negative emotions such as happiness, anger, fear and sadness.

The book will be essential reading for researchers and students seeking a current and interdisciplinary resource covering a wide range of international material in the field of Sociology of Emotions.

Review Quotes

"As well as demonstrating the richness of emotions analysis, by drawing on distinct broad perspectives, Ann Brooks shows how the social world and everyday lives are illuminated through a 21st century sociology of emotions. This is a book that is easy to read but hard to put down." Jack Barbalet, Australian Catholic University

About the Author

Ann Brooks was most recently a Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). Ann has held professorial and other senior academic positions in Australia, Singapore, the UK and New Zealand, and has authored 14 books with major international publishers.