The Social Construction of Emotions

I look at the social construction of emotions through two famous anthropologist accounts - Jean Briggs s study of the Utku Inuits, Never in Anger; and Catherine Lutz s account of the emotion fago on the Ifaluk Atoll in her book, Unnatural Emotions. Both are paradigmatic of an era of social construction in anthropology that influenced thought across disciplines. Today this continues in the work of Lisa Barrett who in How Emotions Are Made argues for a psychological constructionist account of emotions. Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Original Score by August Aghast: Never in Anger Servant of Two Masters Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/augustaghast Twitter: https://twitter.com/augustaghast Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Buy on Amazon through this link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/2ykJe6L Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Sources: Jan Plamper, The History of Emotions Catherine Lutz, Unnatural Emotions Jean Briggs, Never in Anger Lisa Barrett, How Emotions are Made https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/anthropologist-jean-l-briggs-books-on-inuit-became-classics/article31395950/ https://emotionsblog.history.qmul.ac.uk/2016/09/what-is-anger-2-jean-briggs/