Cottingham enhances the sociology of emotions by arguing that emotions are practical resources. She creates a mature dialogue with perspectives on emotion work and emotional energy. These ideas are brought to life through vivid and varied examples of how people use emotions as resources to meet the challenges of living." -Mary Holmes, University of Edinburgh
Marci D. Cottingham is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, Senior Researcher at the Amsterdam Research Centre for Gender and Sexuality, and a former fellow at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study, Delmenhorst, Germany.