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Dystopian Emotions: Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures
Hardback
Main Details
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Dystopian Emotions: Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures
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Authors and Contributors |
Contributions by Vern Smith
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Contributions by Geraint Harvey
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Contributions by Deborah Lupton
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Contributions by Michael Hviid Jacobsen
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Contributions by Briohny Doyle
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:198 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781529214543
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Classifications | Dewey:302 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
1 Illustrations, black and white
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Bristol University Press
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Imprint |
Bristol University Press
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Publication Date |
13 December 2021 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This edited collection offers an original investigation of into the changing landscape of emotion in dark and uncertain times. As nations reel from the effects of poverty, inequality, climate change and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels as though the world has entered a period characterised by pessimism, cynicism and anxiety. This edited collection challenges individualised understandings of emotion, revealing how they relate to cultural, economic and political realities in difficult times. Combining numerous empirical studies and theoretical developments from around the world, the diverse contributors explore how dystopian visions of the future influence, and are influenced by, the emotions of an anxious and precarious present. This is an original investigation into the changing landscape of emotion in dark and uncertain times.
Author Biography
Jordan McKenzie is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Roger Patulny is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Wollongong, Australia.
Reviews"By treating emotions through the prism of temporality, and exploring how future visions inform senses of the present and understandings of the past, this important book plots a powerful new research trajectory." Jack Barbalet, Australian National University "Dystopian Emotions is not a bleak sermon on the end of the world. These essays recognize how an array of emotions can help us navigate or avoid potentially dark futures." Mary Holmes, University of Edinburgh
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