Jennifer Lois
Biographic Data
| ID | 177994 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Lois |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Lois |
| SIGNATURE | LOIS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 129 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Aspirational Emotion Work
Drawing on a seven-year ethnography, we illuminate how unpublished romance writers employed emotional capital to negotiate the competitive publishing industry. To legitimate themselves as "real" writers, aspirants constructed occupational calling narratives, which they then drew upon to manage their emotions when publication was elusive. We call this process "aspirational emotion work" to illustrate how writers made use of their emotional capital…
Sneers and Leers
Drawing on four years of ethnographic research with romance novel writers, we show how their affiliation with romance-a literary genre known for stories containing sexual content-prompted outsiders to sexually stigmatize them. Our work examines both the application and management of this stigma. We describe how outsiders applied the stigma in two ways: by conveying blatant disapproval through 'sneering' and inviting writers to display a highly se…
The Temporal Emotion Work of Motherhood
Drawing on fieldwork and in-depth interviews with homeschooling mothers in the Pacific Northwest, the author reveals several ways the temporal experience of motherhood was emotionally problematic. The intensive demands of homeschooling left them stressed and dissatisfied with the amount of time they had to pursue their own interests. Mothers tried to allocate their time differently to manage these feelings, yet their efforts were unsuccessful, wh…
Emotionally Layered Accounts
Drawing on six years of field research with homeschooling mothers, I show four ways they were accused of maternal deviance for keeping their children out of conventional schools, and I uncover the four justifications they used in response. On the surface, critics objected to the behavior of homeschooling; however, their specific accusations—and the accounts they engendered—revealed that it was mothers' (alleged) emotions that were at issue. I con…
On the Fireline
Family Ties
Role Strain, Emotion Management, and Burnout
Drawing from three years of field research with a homeschooling support group in the Pacific Northwest, I present the emotional stages mothers passed through as they tried to integrate the teacher role into their busy lives. In most cases, mothers found teaching more demanding than they had expected, straining their other roles as mothers and homemakers, as well as causing emotional burnout. To manage their insecurity, anxiety, and stress, mother…
Kingdom of Children
Peaks and Valleys
In this article, the author examines the gendered emotional culture of high-risk takers. Drawing on five and one-half years of ethnographic fieldwork with a volunteer search and rescue group, the author details the intense emotions rescuers experienced before, during, and after the most dangerous and upsetting rescues. Lyng's concept of 'edgework' (voluntary risk taking) is used to analyze how male and female rescuers experienced, understood, and…
Managing Emotions, Intimacy, and Relationships in a Volunteer Search and Rescue Group
In this article, the author examines interpersonal emotion management during crisis situations. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with a volunteer search and rescue group, she shows how rescuers managed victims' and families' intense emotions during searches and rescues, which led them to form unusually rapid and intimate bonds with these strangers. After the rescues, some victims and families sustained the newly intimate relationship with rescue…
Socialization to Heroism
Jennifer Lois, Socialization to Heroism: Individualism and Collectivism in a Voluntary Search and Rescue Group, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 2, Special Issue: Qualitative Contributions to Social Psychology (Jun., 1999), pp. 117-135
Role Strain, Emotion Management, and Burnout
Drawing from three years of field research with a homeschooling support group in the Pacific Northwest, I present the emotional stages mothers passed through as they tried to integrate the teacher role into their busy lives. In most cases, mothers found teaching more demanding than they had expected, straining their other roles as mothers and homemakers, as well as causing emotional burnout. To manage their insecurity, anxiety, and stress, mother…
The Temporal Emotion Work of Motherhood
Drawing on fieldwork and in-depth interviews with homeschooling mothers in the Pacific Northwest, the author reveals several ways the temporal experience of motherhood was emotionally problematic. The intensive demands of homeschooling left them stressed and dissatisfied with the amount of time they had to pursue their own interests. Mothers tried to allocate their time differently to manage these feelings, yet their efforts were unsuccessful, wh…
Peaks and Valleys
In this article, the author examines the gendered emotional culture of high-risk takers. Drawing on five and one-half years of ethnographic fieldwork with a volunteer search and rescue group, the author details the intense emotions rescuers experienced before, during, and after the most dangerous and upsetting rescues. Lyng's concept of 'edgework' (voluntary risk taking) is used to analyze how male and female rescuers experienced, understood, and…
Emotionally Layered Accounts
Drawing on six years of field research with homeschooling mothers, I show four ways they were accused of maternal deviance for keeping their children out of conventional schools, and I uncover the four justifications they used in response. On the surface, critics objected to the behavior of homeschooling; however, their specific accusations—and the accounts they engendered—revealed that it was mothers' (alleged) emotions that were at issue. I con…
Managing Emotions, Intimacy, and Relationships in a Volunteer Search and Rescue Group
In this article, the author examines interpersonal emotion management during crisis situations. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with a volunteer search and rescue group, she shows how rescuers managed victims' and families' intense emotions during searches and rescues, which led them to form unusually rapid and intimate bonds with these strangers. After the rescues, some victims and families sustained the newly intimate relationship with rescue…
Socialization to Heroism
Jennifer Lois, Socialization to Heroism: Individualism and Collectivism in a Voluntary Search and Rescue Group, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 2, Special Issue: Qualitative Contributions to Social Psychology (Jun., 1999), pp. 117-135
Aspirational Emotion Work
Drawing on a seven-year ethnography, we illuminate how unpublished romance writers employed emotional capital to negotiate the competitive publishing industry. To legitimate themselves as "real" writers, aspirants constructed occupational calling narratives, which they then drew upon to manage their emotions when publication was elusive. We call this process "aspirational emotion work" to illustrate how writers made use of their emotional capital…
Sneers and Leers
Drawing on four years of ethnographic research with romance novel writers, we show how their affiliation with romance-a literary genre known for stories containing sexual content-prompted outsiders to sexually stigmatize them. Our work examines both the application and management of this stigma. We describe how outsiders applied the stigma in two ways: by conveying blatant disapproval through 'sneering' and inviting writers to display a highly se…
Socialization to Heroism
Jennifer Lois, Socialization to Heroism: Individualism and Collectivism in a Voluntary Search and Rescue Group, Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 2, Special Issue: Qualitative Contributions to Social Psychology (Jun., 1999), pp. 117-135
Peaks and Valleys
In this article, the author examines the gendered emotional culture of high-risk takers. Drawing on five and one-half years of ethnographic fieldwork with a volunteer search and rescue group, the author details the intense emotions rescuers experienced before, during, and after the most dangerous and upsetting rescues. Lyng's concept of 'edgework' (voluntary risk taking) is used to analyze how male and female rescuers experienced, understood, and…
Managing Emotions, Intimacy, and Relationships in a Volunteer Search and Rescue Group
In this article, the author examines interpersonal emotion management during crisis situations. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with a volunteer search and rescue group, she shows how rescuers managed victims' and families' intense emotions during searches and rescues, which led them to form unusually rapid and intimate bonds with these strangers. After the rescues, some victims and families sustained the newly intimate relationship with rescue…
Kingdom of Children
Role Strain, Emotion Management, and Burnout
Drawing from three years of field research with a homeschooling support group in the Pacific Northwest, I present the emotional stages mothers passed through as they tried to integrate the teacher role into their busy lives. In most cases, mothers found teaching more demanding than they had expected, straining their other roles as mothers and homemakers, as well as causing emotional burnout. To manage their insecurity, anxiety, and stress, mother…
On the Fireline
Family Ties
Emotionally Layered Accounts
Drawing on six years of field research with homeschooling mothers, I show four ways they were accused of maternal deviance for keeping their children out of conventional schools, and I uncover the four justifications they used in response. On the surface, critics objected to the behavior of homeschooling; however, their specific accusations—and the accounts they engendered—revealed that it was mothers' (alleged) emotions that were at issue. I con…
The Temporal Emotion Work of Motherhood
Drawing on fieldwork and in-depth interviews with homeschooling mothers in the Pacific Northwest, the author reveals several ways the temporal experience of motherhood was emotionally problematic. The intensive demands of homeschooling left them stressed and dissatisfied with the amount of time they had to pursue their own interests. Mothers tried to allocate their time differently to manage these feelings, yet their efforts were unsuccessful, wh…
Sneers and Leers
Drawing on four years of ethnographic research with romance novel writers, we show how their affiliation with romance-a literary genre known for stories containing sexual content-prompted outsiders to sexually stigmatize them. Our work examines both the application and management of this stigma. We describe how outsiders applied the stigma in two ways: by conveying blatant disapproval through 'sneering' and inviting writers to display a highly se…
Aspirational Emotion Work
Drawing on a seven-year ethnography, we illuminate how unpublished romance writers employed emotional capital to negotiate the competitive publishing industry. To legitimate themselves as "real" writers, aspirants constructed occupational calling narratives, which they then drew upon to manage their emotions when publication was elusive. We call this process "aspirational emotion work" to illustrate how writers made use of their emotional capital…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (5 works) · Ethnography (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Feeling (3 works)