Towards a geographical account of shame: Foodbanks, austerity, and the spaces of austere affective governmentality
Samuel M. Strong
Abstract
This paper is about shame, its geographies, and its role in the government of conduct in austerity Britain. Drawing on ethnographic and interview data from a Trussell Trust foodbank in the Valleys of South Wales, the geography of shame is investigated through its spatiality, temporality, and politics. This paper demonstrates how shame is a central framework for understanding the contested politics of austerity both in the places it creates and through the feelings, behaviours, and values it encourages.
Topics & Concepts
AusterityShameGovernmentalityPoliticsTemporalityFeelingSociologyEthnographyGovernment (linguistics)Gender studiesPolitical economySocial psychologyPolitical sciencePsychologyAnthropologyEpistemologyLawPhilosophyLinguisticsEmployment and Welfare StudiesHomelessness and Social IssuesEmotional Labor in Professions