Description
Tracing emotions across work, leisure, social media, and politics, Practical Feelings counters old myths and shows how emotions are practical resources for tackling individual and collective challenges.We do not usually think of our emotions as practical, yet they often interlace the elements of daily life. In Practical Feelings, Marci D. Cottingham develops a theory of emotion as practical resources. By integrating the sociology of emotion with practice theory, Cottingham covers diverse areas of social life to show the range of an emotion practice approach and trace how emotions are put to use in divergent domains. Spanning work, leisure, digital interactions, and the political sphere, Cottingham portrays nurses, sports fans, social media users, and political actors in more complex, holistic ways. Practical Feelings provides the conceptual tools needed to examine emotions as effort, energy, and embodied resources that calibrate us to the social world.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Practical Emotions, Emotion PracticesChapter 1: Toward an Emotion Practice ApproachChapter 2: Nurses: Juggling and Embodying Complex EmotionsChapter 3: Sports Fans: The Feel of Fandom in and Beyond Peak EmotionsChapter 4: #Ebola: Practical Feelings in Digital SpacesChapter 5: Viral Fear: Emotion as Barrier or Resource in Facing Collective ChallengesConclusion: Practical Emotions For A Changing Social WorldMethodological Appendix: Capturing EmotionsReferencesIndex
