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Type: | Book chapter |
Title: | Sensual feasting: Transforming spaces and emotions in Lihir |
Author: | Hemer, S. |
Citation: | Emotions, Senses, Spaces: Ethnographic Engagements and intersections, 2016 / Hemer, S., Dundon, A. (ed./s), Ch.6, pp.91-105 |
Publisher: | University of Adelaide Press |
Publisher Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
ISBN: | 1925261263 9781925261264 |
Editor: | Hemer, S. Dundon, A. |
Statement of Responsibility: | Susan R. Hemer |
Abstract: | This chapter explores how shifts between differing emotions are mediated spatially and sensually. Drawing on Hochschild's (1979) concepts of 'feeling rules' and 'emotion work', the chapter questions how spatial and sensual aspects of social events may evoke particular emotions and, in turn, how feeling rules for social situations may be transformed in the process. I focus on the case of events surrounding a project for women's development in Lihir, Papua New Guinea, in the early 2000s. One form of anger, a simmering withdrawal, was changed to open conflict following a large feast to mark the opening of a sewing centre. The sensuality of feasting, with its sounds, smells, tastes and crowds, allowed women to take ownership of the centre and of their right to openly express hostility. This case allows for critical reflection on the concept of feeling rules in a setting that places less emphasis on individual emotional management and more on social relatedness. |
Rights: | © 2016 The Contributors. This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA. This licence allows for the copying, distribution, display and performance of mis work for non-commercial purposes providing the work is clearly attributed to the copyright holders. Address all inquiries to the Director at the above address. |
DOI: | 10.20851/emotions-06 |
Published version: | http://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/titles/emotions/ |
Appears in Collections: | Anthropology & Development Studies publications Aurora harvest 3 |
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