Current Emotion Research in Anthropology: Reporting the Field

An internal critique of anthropology in recent decades has shifted the focus and scope of anthropological work on emotion. In this article I review the changes, explore the pros and cons of leading anthropological approaches and theories, and argue that—so far as anthropology is concerned—only detai...

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Published inEmotion Review Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 414 - 422
Main Author Beatty, Andrew
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2013
Subjects
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anthropological approaches
ethnography
narrative
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Summary:An internal critique of anthropology in recent decades has shifted the focus and scope of anthropological work on emotion. In this article I review the changes, explore the pros and cons of leading anthropological approaches and theories, and argue that—so far as anthropology is concerned—only detailed narrative accounts can do full justice to the complexity of emotions. A narrative approach captures both the particularity and the temporal dimension of emotion with greater fidelity than semantic, synchronic, and discourse-based approaches.
ISSN:1754-0739
1754-0747
DOI:10.1177/1754073913490045