Shame, Empathy and Looking Practices
Lessons from a Disability Studies Classroom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21157769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Benin (University of California San Diego, corresponding author), Lisa Cartwright (University of California San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-171 |
| Publication date | 2006-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Visual Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-4129 • E-ISSN: 1741-2994 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1470412906068871 |
| OpenAlex | W2323333705 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article proposes a use of Silvan Tomkins’s concept of shame to understand classroom practices of looking at photographs that represent bodies with visible disabilities. We consider an instance of classroom looking to suggest a concept of intersubjective, authorized public looking and to propose that the experiences of surprise and shame are constitutive of empathetic identification and the kind of social connectedness needed for a shared disability politics
Empathy · Political science · Politics · Shame · Social connectedness · Surprise · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
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Shame at being human” as a transformative political concept and praxis
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The Affective and Political Complexities of White Shame and Shaming
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2022 (53) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |