Landscapes of Emotion: Mapping Three Cultures of Emotion in Indonesia

by Karl G. Heider

Book Overview

In this book, Karl G. Heider studies the cultural constructions of emotions, examining how different cultures shape ideas and talk about emotion. The main subjects of the study are the Minangkabau, a matrilineal Muslim culture of three million people in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Comparative data come from the Central Javanese, also of Indonesia and reference is made to studies of American emotions. The Minangkabau have two different 'cultures of emotion',...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521401518
• ISBN13: 9780521401517
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"