An Emotional History of the U.S (History of Emotions, 3) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814780873 ISBN 13: 9780814780879

Publisher: NYU Press, 1998

Synopsis

Emotions lie at our very core as human beings. How we process and grapple with our emotions, how and what we emote, and how we respond to the emotions of others, constitute the essence of our social universe. In a very real sense, we exist only through the prism of our emotions.

And yet the profound effect of human emotion on history, politics, religion, and culture, remains underexamined. While the influence of emotion in such realms as American foreign policy has been well-documented, other emotional aspects of American history have escaped notice. What role, for instance, does emotion have in the practice of African American religion? How do shame and self- hatred influence American conceptions of identity? How does our emotional life change as we age? To what degree is American consumerism driven by basic human emotion?

With this landmark anthology, historians Peter N. Stearns and Jan Lewis provide a road map of the American emotional landscape. From the emotional world of working-class Massachusetts to the prayers of evangelical and pentecostal women and the gendered nature of black rage, these essays provide a multicultural snapshot of the unique nature, and evolution, of American emotions.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter N. Stearns is Provost and University Professor at George Mason University. Since 1967, he has served as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Social History. His numerous books include World History in Documents; American Behavioral History; and Anxious Parents.

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0814780873
• ISBN 13: 9780814780879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1
• Editor: Stearns Peter N., Lewis Jan