1. Day, Richard (1977): Comment on The Distancing of Emotion in Ritual by Thomas J. Scheff. In: Current Anthropology 18(3): 491-492.
2. Hochschild, Arlie R. (1977): Comment on The Distancing of Emotion in Ritual by Thomas J. Scheff. In: Current Anthropology 18(3): 494-495.
3. Lewis, Helen B. (1971): Shame and Guilt in Neurosis. New York: International Universities Press.
4. Retzinger, Suzanne (1995): Identifying Shame and Anger in Discourse. In: American Behavioral Scientist 38(8): 1104-1113.
5. Scheff, Thomas J. (1983a [1979]): Explosion der Gefühle. Über die kulturelle und therapeutische Bedeutung kathartischen Erlebens. Weinheim/ Basel: Beltz.