Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stets, Jan E. (Editor), Turner, Jonathan H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Personality and Social Psychology.

For almost thirty years, sociologists have increasingly theorized about and conducted research on human emotions. Surprisingly, it was not until the 1970s that the sociology of emotions emerged as a coherent field of inquiry. What makes this late date surprising is that it is now obvious that human...