Interest and Emotion - Essays on the Study of Family and Kinship (Paperback, Revised)

Bringing together the work of anthropologists and historians, this volume, first published in 1984, challenges the notion that interests and emotions are polar opposites, and questions how far the history of the family in Europe and America can be organized around the central trend of 'sentimentalization'. Individual chapters examine in a comparative perspective the use of kin; property relations inheritance; family exploitation of labor; claims, demands, and expectations with respect to kin; the emotional economy of familial obligations; and family and the reproduction of social and class relations. Several chapters discuss relations among close family members, examining the ways in which property and labor organization are related to conflicts, personal interest, and the patterning of emotional response.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	MSH: Colloques
Release date:	May 1988
First published:	1984
Authors:	Hans Medick • David Warren Sabean
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	430
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-35763-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-35763-2
Barcode:	9780521357630

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