Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Introduction 9
4. I. Sentimental Leadership
5. “I was honestly just speaking as Robert” 29
6. Sentimental Authority 49
7. The Function of Tears in U.S. Politics 65
8. Balcony Scenes 85
9. Back to the Future 109
10. Impolite, Emotive Language and the Making of Us vs. Them 133
11. II. The People’s Feelings
12. Sentimental States of the Nation 163
13. The Power of Sentimental Cinema and Sentimental Politics 195
14. “The only thing that matters to her” 211
15. ‘Rally Around the Christmas Tree’ 235
16. Constructing Recognition, Mobilizing Sentiment 251
17. United by Anger—Divided by Humor? 271
18. Music and the Politics of Belonging in Revolutionary Episodes 297
19. Weeping for Chairman Mao Zedong 315
20. A Cultural Sociology of the Sentimental 339
21. Contributors 365