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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Main Author: Krauel, Javier, 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2013.
Series:Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures ; 10.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : emotions, empire, and the tradition of the national essay
  • Imperial myths and the national imagination
  • An incomplete work of imperial mourning : Miguel de Unamuno's En torno al casticismo
  • Fin-de-siècle imperial melancholia : Ángel Ganivet's Idearium español
  • The anatomy of imperial indignation : Ramiro de Maeztu's Hasia otra España
  • The politics of imperial pride and shame : Enric Prat de la Riba's La nacionalitat catalana
  • Conclusion : toward an ethics of imperial emotions.