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来源

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHY,Vol.48,Issue1,P.51-79

语言

英文

关键字

calling; career aspirations; emotions; artistic work; romance writers; DOUBLE-EDGED-SWORD; ROMANCE NOVELS; IDENTITY; CAREER

作者单位

[Lois, Jennifer] Western Washington Univ, Dept Sociol, Bellingham, WA 98225 USA. [Gregson, Joanna] Pacific Lutheran Univ, Dept Sociol, Tacoma, WA 98447 USA. Lois, J (reprint author), Western Washington Univ, Dept Sociol, Bellingham, WA 98225 USA. E-Mail: jen.lois@wwu.edu

摘要

y Drawing on a seven-year ethnography, we illuminate how unpublished romance writers employed emotional capital to negotiate the competitive publishing industry. To legitimate themselves as real writers, aspirants constructed occupational calling narratives, which they then drew upon to manage their emotions when publication was elusive. We call this process aspirational emotion work to illustrate how writers made use of their emotional capital to manage their feelings and sustain their identities without knowing if they would realize their dreams. We posit that aspirational emotion work is particularly prevalent among those seeking work in the creative industries, where potential for self-actualization is high but opportunity for secure employment is low.