Affection: Essays on Affect, Empathy, and the Politics of Feeling

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dc.contributor.advisorComer, Kristaen_US
dc.creatorLi-Wang, Jenniferen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-13T14:03:36Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-05-13T14:03:36Zen_US
dc.date.issued2021-05en_US
dc.description.abstractOften, we view feelings as squishy—personal and subjective, therefore private and apolitical. Even within ourselves, our feelings can often seem reflexive and out of our own control. This thesis represents my attempt to hold these squishy feelings and look at them up close, from different angles. In doing so, I hope to see how our affects may not only be personal to ourselves, but also highly communal, performative, and regulated by and within communities. Affects—our feelings, emotions, and moods—are a matter of political and intellectual concern. Different political aims often mobilize our affects and manipulate them to conform to certain desirable shapes. Thus, paying attention to affects—the ways they are evoked, politicized, and ascribed (un)desirability—may help us stay close to our own needs and the needs of our community.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationLi-Wang, Jennifer. "Affection: Essays on Affect, Empathy, and the Politics of Feeling." Undergraduate thesis, Rice University, 2021. https://doi.org/10.25611/cmfb-aa79.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25611/cmfb-aa79en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110512en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRice Universityen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by author.en_US
dc.rights.uriThis item is shared under a Creative Commons License- Attribution (CC BY), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/en_US
dc.subjectAffectsen_US
dc.subjectAffect Theoryen_US
dc.subjectLiterary Studiesen_US
dc.subjectCritical Theoryen_US
dc.subjectFeminist Theoryen_US
dc.titleAffection: Essays on Affect, Empathy, and the Politics of Feelingen_US
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dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelUndergraduateen_US
thesis.degree.nameBachelor of Artsen_US
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