| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 946886 | Emotion, Space and Society | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This paper explores how happiness is directed towards objects and directs us towards objects. Reflecting on happiness as the restriction of sociability, the paper considers the family as a happy object not because it causes happiness, but because of the demand that we share an orientation toward the family as a good thing. Those who are not orientated in the right way become ‘affect aliens' and kill-joys.
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Authors
Sara Ahmed,