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...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2013.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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 (206 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781781385623 |
Acceso: | Open Access |