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Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions

byBatja Mesquita

Cultural psychologist Batja Mesquita challenges the idea that emotions are universal inner states expressed in different ways. Drawing on research across societies, she shows how feelings arise within relationships, expectations, language, and cultural practices. Anger, shame, happiness, love, and other emotions do different social work depending on what a community values and how people understand the self. The book moves emotion from “inside” individuals to the spaces between them, explaining why misunderstandings occur across cultures and how greater attention to context can improve relationships, institutions, and psychological science.

Publisher

Norton & Company Limited, W. W.

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781324002444