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Of Love and Other Passions : Elites, Politics, and Family in Bogotá, Colombia, 1778-1870 /

In Of Love and Other Passions Guiomar Dueñas-Vargas delves into the world of emotions among the bourgeois elite in Bogotá from the end of the colonial period to 1870. While most studies of the period focus solely on the country's political activity, Dueñas-Vargas shows how Colombia's so...

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Main Author: Dueñas Vargas, Guiomar
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In Of Love and Other Passions Guiomar Dueñas-Vargas delves into the world of emotions among the bourgeois elite in Bogotá from the end of the colonial period to 1870. While most studies of the period focus solely on the country's political activity, Dueñas-Vargas shows how Colombia's social, cultural, and political changes transformed the meaning of love, which contributed to the evolution of new models of femininity and masculinity. By examining sources such as personal letters and diaries, Dueñas-Vargas presents the emotional profiles of families and couples, demonstrating how the.
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 pages).
ISBN:9780826355867