Emotions in Aotearoa New Zealand

Reflexive emotionalisation in a colonised context

Bibliographic Data

ID2356136
AuthorsMary Holmes (0000-0001-5217-713X, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume36
Issue4
Pages498-514
Publication date2021-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-5809 • E-ISSN: 1461-7242
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0268580921995301
OpenAlexW3155865570
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited43

Reflexive emotionalisation means increased thinking about and acting on emotional experiences in response to major changes to social life, such as those accompanying colonisation. This article explains and develops this novel concept, assessing its usefulness through an exploratory assessment of reflexive emotionalisation in the formation of Aotearoa New Zealand as a colonised settler state. It is argued that as cultures met and sought to coexist, emotions were vital. Focusing on reflexive emotionalisation in Aotearoa reveals how differences in feeling rules were navigated, sometimes in violent ways, as power shifted towards the colonisers. Feelings of belonging are important in that ongoing process of reflexive emotionalisation, the elucidation of which provides a new understanding of social change and settler state formation that avoids casting colonised peoples as passive objects of 'progress' brought by colonisers

Aotearoa · Colonisation · Context (archaeology · Feeling · Power (physics · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Emotional Labor in Professions · Gender Studies · History · History of Emotions Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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