Laughing it off? Humour, affect and emotion work in communities living with nuclear risk

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 324-346

  Parkhill, K A ^a   Henwood, K L ^b   Pidgeon, N F ^a   Simmons, P ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotion work; Humour; Nuclear power; Risk perceptions; Risk subjectivities

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LAUGHTER; MALE; NEGOTIATING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC OPINION; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RISK; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

EID: 79958013629     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2011.01367.x     Document Type: Article

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