A cultural history of the emotions in the modern and post-modern age
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A cultural history of the emotions in the modern and post-modern age
(A cultural history of the emotions / general editors, Susan Broomhall, Jane W. Davidson, and Andrew Lynch, v. 6)
Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 , c2019
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-194) and index
First published in Great Britain 2019
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The 20th century, with revolutionary and rapid developments in travel, communications and computerised technologies, offered new and seemingly limitless horizons which accompanied and amplified distinctive experiences of emotions. The birth of psychology and psychiatry revealed the importance of emotional life and that individuals could have control over their behaviour. Traditional religion was challenged and alternative forms of spiritualism emerged. Creative and performing arts continued to shape understandings and experiences of emotions, from realism to detachment, holistic to fragmented notions of self and society. The role of emotions in family life focused on how to deal with modern day freedom and anxiety. In the public sphere, people used emotion to oppress as well as liberate. Countering threats to national security, personal and cultural identity, a range of political motivated activities emerged embracing peace, humanitarian and environmental causes. This volume surveys the means by which modern experience shaped how, why and where emotions were expressed, monitored and controlled.
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Series Editors' Preface
Introduction, Joy Damousi (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Jane W. Davidson (University of Melbourne, Australia)
1. Medical and Scientific Understandings, Mark Jackson (University of Exeter, UK)
2. Religion and Spirituality, Anastasia Scrutton (University of Leeds, UK)
3. Music and Dance, Wiebke Thormahlen (Royal College of Music in London, UK)
4. Drama, Mary Luckhurst (University of Melboune, Australia) and Peta Tait (La Trobe University, Australia)
5. The Visual Arts, Charles Altieri (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
6. Literature, Gillian Whitlock (University of Queensland, Australia) and Grace Moore (University of Melbourne, Australia)
7. In Private: The Individual and the Domestic Community, Peter Stearns (George Mason University, USA)
8. In Public: Collectivities and Polities, Emma Hutchinson (University of Queensland, Australia) and Roland Bleiker (University of Queensland, Australia)
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