Emotion, affective practices and the past in the present
Smith, Laurajane
Emotion, affective practices and the past in the present - New York Routledge 2018 - xiv, 311 p. ill. 24 cm. - Key Issues in Cultural Heritage .
Includes bibliographical references and index
This book is a response to debates in the humanities and social sciences about the use of emotion. It explores the ways emotion is embroiled and used in contemporary engagements with the past, particularly in contexts such as heritage sites, museums, commemorations, political rhetoric and ideology, debates over issues of social memory, and touristic uses of heritage sites. Including contributions from academics and practitioners in a range of countries, the book reviews significant and conflicting academic debates on the nature and expression of affect and emotion. As a whole, the book makes an argument for a pragmatic understanding of affect and, in doing so, outlines Wetherell's concept of affective practice, a concept utilised in most of the chapters in this book. Since debates about affect and emotion can often be confusing and abstract, the book aims to clarify these debates and, through the use of case studies, draw out their implications for theory and practice within heritage and museum studies.
9781138579293
Psychological aspects
Social aspects
Social psychology
Historic preservation
363.69 / SMI
Emotion, affective practices and the past in the present - New York Routledge 2018 - xiv, 311 p. ill. 24 cm. - Key Issues in Cultural Heritage .
Includes bibliographical references and index
This book is a response to debates in the humanities and social sciences about the use of emotion. It explores the ways emotion is embroiled and used in contemporary engagements with the past, particularly in contexts such as heritage sites, museums, commemorations, political rhetoric and ideology, debates over issues of social memory, and touristic uses of heritage sites. Including contributions from academics and practitioners in a range of countries, the book reviews significant and conflicting academic debates on the nature and expression of affect and emotion. As a whole, the book makes an argument for a pragmatic understanding of affect and, in doing so, outlines Wetherell's concept of affective practice, a concept utilised in most of the chapters in this book. Since debates about affect and emotion can often be confusing and abstract, the book aims to clarify these debates and, through the use of case studies, draw out their implications for theory and practice within heritage and museum studies.
9781138579293
Psychological aspects
Social aspects
Social psychology
Historic preservation
363.69 / SMI