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This article theoretically discusses Arlie Hochschild’s (1983, 1998) concept of the ‘real’ and ‘false’ self (1983: 194) and how this holds together her model about how it is we manage our emotions. Hochschild draws on ideas about surface acting, deep acting and authenticity to support her theory of emotion management. In this discussion I argue that these ideas undermine the clarity of the theoretical model Hochschild tries to develop to explain emotion management. The first aim here is to demonstrate that this concept of the real and false self acts as an unnecessary conceptual linchpin making Hochschild’s ideas about emotion management opaque. The second aim in this article is to theoretically engage with Pierre Bourdieu’s (1984, 1990) concept of habitus as a way of overcoming Hochschild’s idea of the real and false self.
Author(s): Addison M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Emotion, Space and Society
Year: 2017
Volume: 23
Pages: 9-15
Print publication date: 01/05/2017
Online publication date: 24/02/2017
Acceptance date: 04/01/2017
Date deposited: 21/02/2017
ISSN (print): 1755-4586
ISSN (electronic): 1878-0040
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2017.01.003
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2017.01.003
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