Advanced study in sociology, with specific topics to be announced at the beginning of each semester.

What is emotion, and what does it do? How is it shaped by society, and how does it shape society in turn? And what does studying emotion from a sociological perspective help us understand about power and inequity? This course approaches the sociology of emotion through an investigation of emotion's relationships with culture and domination. We will review foundational theories in the sociology of emotion, examine tools sociologists use to study emotion, and consider challenges that can arise in doing so. We will explore the relationship between power, culture, and emotion by considering emotion in various social contexts, including race, gender, political economy, colonialism, and social movements. Finally, we will turn our attention to how sociological approaches can help us understand contemporary discourses of emotion, like that surrounding trauma.

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