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Imperial emotions : cultural responses to myths of empire in fin-de-siècle Spain /
This work reconsiders debates about historical memory from the perspective of the theory of emotions. Its main claim is that the demise of the Spanish empire in 1898 spurred a number of contradictory emotional responses, ranging from mourning and melancholia to indignation, pride, and shame. It show...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures ;
10. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This work reconsiders debates about historical memory from the perspective of the theory of emotions. Its main claim is that the demise of the Spanish empire in 1898 spurred a number of contradictory emotional responses, ranging from mourning and melancholia to indignation, pride, and shame. It shows how intellectuals sought to reimagine a post-Empire Spain by drawing on myth and employing a predominantly emotional register. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-199) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781781380963 1781380961 9781781385623 1781385629 9781846319761 1846319765 |