Introduction

Affective Arrangements and Violence in Latin America

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2170448
AutoresSilvana Mandolessi (0000-0003-1624-9655), Reindert Dhondt (0000-0002-2889-8110), Martín Zícari (0000-0002-7904-7471)
Año2022
Volumen31
Número3
Páginas333-347
Fecha de publicación2022-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Latin American Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1356-9325 • E-ISSN: 1469-9575
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13569325.2022.2136938
OpenAlexW4319314520
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas48

This introductory article sets out to review the applicability and productivity of affect as a high-impact concept in the humanities. With a particular focus on a cultural studies perspective, it evaluates the different strands in affect theory and surveys the most recent approaches in the field. The authors argue for adopting a relational approach, focusing on specific formations or “affective arrangements”, which considers affect as a site of convergence of different actors, discourses, media, etc. instead of an isolated process. The second section of the article provides a short overview of the study of violence in Latin Americanist scholarship and underscores the relevance of affective arrangements when studying the multiplicity of violences in cultural expressions from the region

Affect (linguistics · Epistemology · Latin Americans · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Relevance (law · Scholarship · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Law