Unnatural Emotions: Everyday Sentiments on a Micronesian Atoll and Their Challenge to Western Theory FROM THE PUBLISHER
"An outstanding contribution to psychological anthropology. Its excellent ethnography and its provocative theory make it essential reading for all those concerned with the understanding of human emotions."--Karl G. Heider, American Anthropologist
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An ethnography of emotional life on a Pacific island, a critique of the view of emotions that prevails in social-scientific and everyday thinking in the West, and a theoretical consideration of the problems of emotion and culture. Lutz argues that the Western concept of emotions is not universal, and suggests some of the social conditions that have helped that view emerge. A critical perspective on Western psychology, social science, and society. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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