Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions: Volume II

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by  Jan E. Stets

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Handbook of the
Sociology of Emotions:
Volume II
Editors
Jan E. Stets Jonathan H. Turner
Department of Sociology Department of Sociology
University of California University of California
Riverside Riverside
California California
USA USA
ISSN 1389-6903
ISBN 978-94-017-9129-8 ISBN 978-94-017-9130-4 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9130-4
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Contents
1 Introduction .................................................................................... 1
Jan E. Stets and Jonathan H. Turner
Part I Theoretical Perspectives on Emotions
2 The Evolution of Human Emotions ............................................. 11
Jonathan H. Turner
3 Emotions in Identity Theory ......................................................... 33
Jan E. Stets and Ryan Trettevik
4 Emotions in Affect Control Theory .............................................. 51
Kathryn J. Lively and David R. Heise
5 Emotions and Group Ties in Social Exchange ............................ 77
Edward J. Lawler, Shane R. Thye and Jeongkoo Yoon
6 Emotions in Justice Processes ....................................................... 103
Karen A. Hegtvedt and Christie L. Parris
7 Emotions in Expectation States Theory ....................................... 127
Murray Webster, Jr. and Lisa Slattery Walker
8 Status, Power and Felicity ............................................................. 155
Theodore D. Kemper
9 Emotions and Societal Stratification ............................................ 179
Jonathan H. Turner
10 Emotions in Ritual Theories ......................................................... 199
Meredith Rossner and Mythily Meher
11 Emotions and Cultural Theory ..................................................... 221
Eva Illouz, Daniel Gilon and Mattan Shachak
12 A Retrospective Look at Emotions ............................................... 245
Thomas J. Scheff
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13 Emotions and Neurosociology ....................................................... 267
David D. Franks
14 Measuring Affect and Emotions ................................................... 283
Kimberly B. Rogers and Dawn T. Robinson
Part II Social Arenas of Emotions
15 The Economy and Emotions ......................................................... 307
Jocelyn Pixley, Peter McCarthy and Shaun Wilson
16 Work and Emotions ....................................................................... 335
Amy S. Wharton
17 Families and Emotions .................................................................. 359
Rebecca J Erickson and Marci D. Cottingham
18 Class, Race, and Emotions ............................................................ 385
Amy C. Wilkins and Jennifer A. Pace
19 Gender and Emotions .................................................................... 411
Douglas Schrock and Brian Knop
20 Mental Health and Emotions ........................................................ 429
Robin W. Simon
21 Morality and Emotions .................................................................. 451
Sarah K. Harkness and Steven Hitlin
22 Crime and Emotions ...................................................................... 473
Jody Clay-Warner
23 Sports and Emotions ...................................................................... 495
Gretchen Peterson
24 Technology and Emotions ............................................................. 511
Daniel B. Shank
25 Social Movements and Emotions .................................................. 529
James M. Jasper and Lynn Owens
26 The Sociology of Science and Emotions ....................................... 549
John N. Parker and Edward J. Hackett
Index ........................................................................................................ 573
Contributors
Jody Clay-Warner University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Marci D. Cottingham University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Rebecca J Erickson University of Akron, Akron, USA
David D. Franks Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
Daniel Gilon Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Edward J. Hackett Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA
Sarah K. Harkness University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Karen A. Hegtvedt Emory University, Atlanta, USA
David R. Heise Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Steven Hitlin University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Eva Illouz Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
James M. Jasper Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, USA
Theodore D. Kemper St. John’s University, Queens, USA
Brian Knop Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
Edward J. Lawler Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
Kathryn J. Lively Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
Peter McCarthy Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Mythily Meher University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Lynn Owens Middlebury College, Middlebury, USA
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Jennifer A. Pace University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
John N. Parker Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA
Christie L. Parris Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Gretchen Peterson California State University, Los Angeles, USA
Jocelyn Pixley Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Dawn T. Robinson University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Kimberly B. Rogers Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, USA
Meredith Rossner London School of Economics and Political Science,
London, UK
Thomas J. Scheff University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Douglas Schrock Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
Mattan Shachak Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Daniel B. Shank University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Robin W. Simon Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA
Jan E. Stets Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside,
USA
Shane R. Thye University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
Ryan Trettevik University of California, Riverside, USA
Jonathan H. Turner Department of Sociology, University of California,
Riverside, USA
Lisa Slattery Walker University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Murray Webster, Jr. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Amy S. Wharton Washington State University, Vancouver, USA
Amy C. Wilkins University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Shaun Wilson Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Jeongkoo Yoon Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Introduction 1
Jan E. Stets and Jonathan H. Turner
1.1 Background microsociology gave a first-hand account of their
work. Though that volume was large, we still
For most of sociology’s first 150 years, emotions could not include the full range of thinking by
were not systematically incorporated into socio- sociologists on emotions. Coupled with the fact
logical analysis. There were some notable excep- that so much new knowledge has been generated
tions such as Cooley’s ([1902] 1964) discussion in less than a decade since the publication of The
of pride and shame or Durkheim’s ([1912] 1965) Handbook, it became increasingly clear that a
descriptions of the emotional contagion that second volume was needed. Thus, in the pages
emerged in religious rituals. Despite these excep- that follow, we allow some new voices to be
tions, sociology was rather silent on the dynamics heard, but we have also provided a forum for the
of emotions, perhaps because the founding figure key figures to demonstrate how their theory and
of microsociology, Mead (1934, 1938), did not research has progressed since the first volume.
incorporate emotions into his theorizing. Only While sociology was late in recognizing how
in the last three decades of the twentieth cen- important emotions are in understanding the so-
tury have sociologists begun to correct Mead’s cial world, the discipline has made up for lost
oversight by theorizing and empirically study- time and at an accelerating rate. Even with this
ing human emotions. Today, few would question new volume, many important topics on emotions
the assertion that emotions are one of the driving are not included, but at the very least, we have
forces of human behavior, interaction, and social incorporated some of the new work that was not
organization. part of the first volume. Rather than divide the
The first volume of The Handbook of the So- volume into many sections, we have chosen to
ciology of Emotions (Stets and Turner 2006) was divide it into just two parts: Theoretical Perspec-
assembled to celebrate how far the discipline had tives on Emotions (Part I) and Social Arenas of
come by the end of the 20th century in its under- Emotions (Part II).
standing of emotional processes. In that volume, In Part I, chapters from scholars working in
many of the key figures who had made the so- a wide variety of theoretical traditions can be
ciology of emotions one of the leading edges of found including evolutionary theory, identity the-
ory, affect control theory, social exchange theory,
expectation states theory, status-power theory,
J. E. Stets () · J. H. Turner
ritual theory, cultural theory, and even neuro-
Department of Sociology, University of California,
sociology theory. Some of these theoretical ap-
Riverside, USA
e-mail: [email protected] proaches were not discussed in the last volume.
Others were presented, but work has advanced to
J. H. Turner
e-mail: [email protected] the point that updates were necessary. Our last
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