Emotion, Social Theory, and Social Structure takes sociology in a new direction. It examines key aspects of social structure by using a fresh understanding of e

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

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