The Cultural Politics Of Emotion Sara Ahmed by Sara Ahmed 9781138805033, 1138805033 instant download after payment.

Praise for the first edition

"Ahmed's work contributes to cultural studies & rhetorical theory by elaborating a process through which we can approach everyday emotional practices as rich & complex sites interwoven in struggles for social change." —Rachel C. Riedner, JAC

What do emotions do? How do emotions move us or get us stuck? In developing a theory of the cultural politics of emotion, Sara Ahmed focuses on the relationship between emotions, language, & bodies. She shows how emotions are named in speech acts, as well as how they involve sensations that can be felt not only emotionally, but physically. A new methodology for reading 'the emotionality of texts' is offered as are analyses of the role of emotions in debates on international terrorism, asylum & migration, & reconciliation & reparation. 

Attending to the intersections between race, gender, & sexuality, The Cultural Politics of Emotion is in dialogue with key trends in gender studies & cultural studies, the psychology & sociology of emotions, & phenomenology & psychoanalysis. It takes as its point of entry different emotions — pain, hate, fear, disgust, shame, & love — & reflects on the role of emotions in feminist & queer politics.

In a special afterword to this tenth anniversary edition, Ahmed explains to readers how this classic book relates to other key works in the emergent field of affect studies & also reflects on the way the book has been part of her own intellectual trajectory.

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Sara Ahmed is a feminist writer & independent scholar who works at the intersection of feminist, queer, & race studies. Winner of the 2017 Kessler Award from CLAGS, the Center for LGBTQ Studies, Ahmed has published ten books, including the cult classic Living a Feminist Life. Ahmed is Professor in Race & Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths University of London.