Engendering Emotions

Engendering Emotions examines the production and promotion of the idea of sex/gender difference in emotional experience and expression in the contemporary West. Focusing on the psychology of emotions and on the spheres of aggression and war, and love, int

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Engendering Emotions Alan Petersen School of Sociology, Politics and Law University of Plymouth, UK

© Alan Petersen 2004

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ISBN 978-1-349-43266-0 ISBN 978-0-230-51261-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230512610 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Petersen, Alan R., Ph. D. Engendering emotions / Alan Petersen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978- 0–333–99737–9 1. Emotions—Sex differences. 2. Sex differences (Psychology) I. Title. BF531.P48 2004 155.3′3—dc22 2004048581 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04

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