Misery and Company: Sympathy in Everyday Life

by Candace Clark

Book Overview

In a kind of social tour of sympathy, Candace Clark reveals that the emotional experience we call sympathy has a history, logic, and life of its own. Although sympathy may seem to be a natural, reflexive reaction, people are not born knowing when, for whom, and in what circumstances sympathy is appropriate. Rather, they learn elaborate, highly specific rules--different rules for men than for women--that guide when to feel or display sympathy, when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226107574
• ISBN13: 9780226107578
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"