In:
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, SAGE Publications, Vol. 21, No. 4 ( 1993-01), p. 411-438
Abstract:
Just as emotions allow us to create and reinforce our sense of self, so too does emotional deviance challenge this sense. Anger, an emotion reflecting a feeling of injustice, is usually governed by an emotional culture that increasingly regards its expression as inappropriate. Anger is therefore experienced with a high level of anxiety. This article attempts to focus attention on how these experiences of emotional deviance are managed in situations where there is not only a lack of consensus but where anger management can be crucial to the creation and management of social conflicts. Over a 13-month period the researchers became immersed in such a setting through their activities as escorts at an abortion clinic where social conflicts between antiabortionists and police occurred on almost a weekly basis. Through their experiences and observations, the researchers show how, in certain contexts, anger management can become a basis for developing alternative interpretations, validating emotional selves, and creating group solidarity.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0891-2416
,
1552-5414
DOI:
10.1177/089124193021004001
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1993
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2034471-5
detail.hit.zdb_id:
896413-0
SSG:
10
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