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  • Emotional Labor

    The Origin, Development, and Future of a Key Concept

    Series series Elements in Histories of Emotions and the Senses
    In post-industrial economies, service-based jobs now outnumber manufacturing jobs. Analyzing these changes critically, Arlie Hochschild developed the term 'emotional labor' to refer to the new forms of labor expected in the service sector. She saw the emotional constraints that commercial interests place on workers as part of capitalism's increasing encroachment on our bodies, minds, and hearts. ... Read more

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  • Practical Feelings

    Emotions as Resources in a Dynamic Social World

    Tracing emotions across work, leisure, social media, and politics, Practical Feelings counters old myths and shows how emotions are practical resources for tackling individual and collective challenges. We do not usually think of our emotions as practical — often they are nuisances to overcome, momentary mysteries to solve, or fleeting sensations to savor before getting back to the business of ... Read more

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  • Transcending Crisis by Attending to Care, Emotion, and Flourishing

    Series series Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness
    This book offers new empirical research and policy-relevant care practices from across the globe to understand the interrelation of care, emotion, and flourishing in the context of acute and persistent crises.From COVID-19 responses around the world to the opioid epidemic in the United States, this volume investigates collective and individual crises as symptoms of underlying systemic pathologies. ... Read more

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  • Boys

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  • Morality and the Regulation of Social Behavior

    Groups as Moral Anchors

    Series series European Monographs in Social Psychology
    Morality indicates what is the ‘right’ and what is the ‘wrong’ way to behave. It is one of the most popular areas of research in contemporary social psychology, driven in part by recent political-economic crises and the behavioral patterns they exposed. In the past, work on morality tended to highlight individual concerns and moral principles, but more recently researchers have started to address ... Read more

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  • The Culturally Inclusive Educator

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    The Culturally Inclusive Educator asks educators to consider what they can do differently to create a welcoming, inclusive, and exciting environment for the 21st century. Based on the author’s national research and consulting work, this book examines the discrepancy between the current educational cultural climate and the need for educators and their institutions to prepare for a growing ... Read more

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  • Social Happiness

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