The Exploration of a Journal Article “Sociology of Emotions”
By: Alicia L Johnson
Sociology 100
Sheila Farr

The article that I found in the Ebsco Host library was an article written by Katherine Walker and it is titled “Sociology of Emotions”. According to the article “Sociology of Emotions”, Katherine Walker received a Doctorate in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and currently teaches in the University College at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her current research concerns race, memory, and controversial commemoration, and she is wrapping up a study of public debates over Confederate memorials. She has also studied the impact of the Internet on identity and relationships.
As the article “Sociology of Emotions was read, the conclusion was made it gave off the impression that it was a previously researched article, as the article made multiple references to Sociology scholars that have established themselves in the field of Sociology and the topic at hand of Emotions. Some of the Sociology scholars were Emile Durkheim and Erving Goffman. Katherine Walker extensively attempts to dialogue about every subject and then goes to tie a Sociology pioneer to that specific focus. She portrays the fact that every study of Sociology at some point has some sort of emotion attached to it and that different each emotions can arise and be separated into groups. The issue ascends that there are regular emotions and emotions that can be attached to specific cultures. The article starts with a summary of emotions and the emotions are considered a subfield of Sociology. The subfield of Sociology, emotions, first gained prominence around the 1970’s. “The field of Sociology was concentrated more on cognition rather than emotions”, stated Katherine Walker. The author also emphasizes how before, emotions were looked at as part of the field of Psychology