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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| Language: | English |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures ;
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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.