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Visuality, Emotions and Minority Culture
John Nguyet . Ed(S): Erni
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Description for Visuality, Emotions and Minority Culture
hardcover. Editor(s): Erni, John Nguyet. Series: The Humanities in Asia. Num Pages: 164 pages, 4 colour illustrations, 5 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 432.
This book, stemming from an international conference, mainly explores the “private sphere” of minority cultures. To date, insufficient attention has been paid to ethnic minorities’ sense of subjecthood, e.g. their construction and articulation of self-understanding formed through lived experiences, sensibilities, emotions, sentiments, empathy, and even tempers and moods. Social misunderstanding, not to mention stereotyping, mystification and discrimination, often stems from neglecting the surprising and enlivening texture of minorities’ emotional world. Taking the important cue of the “affective turn” in cultural theory in recent years, the contributors address questions such as: what are the representations of affective/emotional energies and intensities surrounding ... Read more
This book, stemming from an international conference, mainly explores the “private sphere” of minority cultures. To date, insufficient attention has been paid to ethnic minorities’ sense of subjecthood, e.g. their construction and articulation of self-understanding formed through lived experiences, sensibilities, emotions, sentiments, empathy, and even tempers and moods. Social misunderstanding, not to mention stereotyping, mystification and discrimination, often stems from neglecting the surprising and enlivening texture of minorities’ emotional world. Taking the important cue of the “affective turn” in cultural theory in recent years, the contributors address questions such as: what are the representations of affective/emotional energies and intensities surrounding ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
Series
The Humanities in Asia
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783662538593
SKU
V9783662538593
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About John Nguyet . Ed(S): Erni
John Nguyet Erni is Chair Professor in Humanities and Head of the Department of Humanities & Creative Writing at Hong Kong Baptist University. Erni has published widely on international and Asia-based cultural studies, human rights legal criticism, Chinese consumption of transnational culture, gender and sexuality in media culture, youth consumption culture in Hong Kong and Asia, and critical public health. ... Read more
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