Emotion Work, Feeling Rules, and Social Structure

Volume: 85, Issue: 3, Pages: 551 - 575
Published: Nov 1, 1979
Abstract
This essay proposes an emotion-management perspective as a lens through which to inspect the self, interaction, and structure. Emotion, it is argued, can be and ofter is subject to acts of management. The individual often works on inducing or inhibiting feelings so as to render them appropriate to a situation. The emotion-management perspective draws on an interactive account of emotion. It differs from the dramaturgical perspective on the one...
Paper Details
Title
Emotion Work, Feeling Rules, and Social Structure
Published Date
Nov 1, 1979
Volume
85
Issue
3
Pages
551 - 575
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