Denzin (sociology, cinema studies, interpretive theory, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) acknowledges that emotions are fleeting, changeable and ambiguous, making them very difficult to study.
However, here he works new and classical theories into a framework researchers can use to understand both ordinary emotions and emotional disturbances. He examines the differing views on how
academics and lay people view emotion, giving his new perception of emotion and social interaction, then gives an extended analysis of the essence of emotional experience, whether that emotion
is individual or social. He then applies his framework to the phenomena of family violence (and ways to help people escape from it) and the conflicted or divided self (and ways those suffering
can understand their inner lives and the ways they relate to others). Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
