Banned Emotions

This interdisciplinary book breaks taboos by exploring emotions in which people are said to 'indulge' self-pity, prolonged crying, chronic anger, grudge-bearing, bitterness, and spite.

By focusing on metaphors for these emotions in classic novels, self-help books, and popular films, Banned Emotions exposes their cultural and religious roots.

The book argues that emotion regulation is a political as well as a biological issue, affecting not only which emotions can be expressed, but who can express them, when, and how.