Unique study re-evaluating the role of emotions in social interaction.

The past decades have seen significant advances in the sociological understanding of human emotion. Sociology has shown how culture and society shape our emotio

As a reference that contains original and innovative research on the sociology of emotion, this book will not only appeal to sociologists but also to scholars o

Moving beyond the traditional boundaries of sociological investigation, Thomas J. Scheff brings together the study of communication and the social psychology of

This major theoretical work takes existing work on the emotions in significantly new directions. It gives a comprehensive account of emotions, beginning with ge