Contents: The Cultural Politics of Emotion; Introduction:; Feel Your Way;; Chapter 1:; The Contingency of Pain; Chapter 2:; The Organisation of Hate; Chapter 3:; The Affective Politics of Fear; Chapter 4:; The Performativity of Disgust; Chapter 5:; Shame Before Others; Chapter 6:; In the Name of Love; Chapter 7:; Queer Feelings; Chapter 8:; Feminist Attachments; Conclusion:; Just Emotions.
Sara Ahmed is Reader in Race, Ethnicity and Identity in the Media Department at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her research interests are in feminist theory, critical race studies and postcolonial theory. Previous publications include Differences that Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism (1998) and Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality (2000). She is an Associate Editor of International Journal of Cultural Studies and on the editorial boards of European Journal of Women's Studies, New Formations, borderlands and Culture, Theory and Critique.
A timely and important intervention in the contemporary debates about feminist politics, embodiment, and emotion that changes our understanding of the role of emotion in political life. -- Ewa Ziarek, Department of English, University of Notre Dame A timely and important intervention in the contemporary debates about feminist politics, embodiment, and emotion that changes our understanding of the role of emotion in political life.
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