Feeling our way: mood and cultural studies

Authors

  • Paulo Rodrigues Gajanigo Universidade Federal Fluminense

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/pragmatizes.v0i10.10427

Abstract

This essay is a contribution to an emergent investigation into the usefulness of “mood” as an analytic category for communication and cultural studies. In it I offer a number of descriptive moodscapes that demonstrate the way that mood can direct us to a material world of orientation, attunement, and atmosphere. I also suggest that cultural studies, as a writerly form, can also engage generatively with mood as a productive and political project.

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Author Biography

Paulo Rodrigues Gajanigo, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Professor Adjunto de Sociologia do Departamento de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal Fluminense.

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Published

2016-03-07

How to Cite

Gajanigo, P. R. (2016). Feeling our way: mood and cultural studies. PragMATIZES - Latin American Journal of Cultural Studies, (10), 95-108. https://doi.org/10.22409/pragmatizes.v0i10.10427

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Artigos (em Fluxo Contínuo)