Landscapes of Emotion: Mapping Three Cultures of Emotion in Indonesia

ISBN-13: 9780521401517 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 352 str.

Karl G. Heider

Opis

Landscapes of Emotion is a fascinating look at the cultural construction of emotions, examining how people in different cultures shape ideas and talk about emotion. The primary subjects of the book are the Minangkabau, a matrilineal Moslem culture of three million people in West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Recenzje

"...introduces a new method for studying vocabulary stuctures in the realm of emotions,,," Cliff Goddard, Semiotica

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; Part I. Theory, Method and Results: 1. Theoretical introduction; 2. Mapping the realm of emotion; 3. Membership in the realm of emotion: prototypicality; 4. Emotion scenarios: antecedents and outcomes; 5. Comparisons between languages; 6. The composite maps of emotion terms, cluster by cluster; 7. Conclusions; Part II. A Cluster-By-Cluster Analysis of the Composite Maps of Emotion Terms: The 44 clusters; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index.