Imperial emotions : cultural responses to myths of empire in fin-de-siècle Spain / Javier Krauel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krauel, Javier, 1972- author.

Series:

Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures ; 10.

Contemporary Hispanic and Lusophone cultures ; [10]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory--Spain.

Collective memory.

Spanish literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Spain--History--1868-1931.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 206 pages).

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Coyright page

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Redressing the Silencing of Empire

Imperialism and Nationalism

The Spanish Empire's Embattled Legacies

Imperial Legacies and National Reform

Imperial Emotions and the Essay on National Character

Chapter 1

Columbus in 1892

Nationalist Uses of the Imperial Past

Freethinkers and Empire

The Failure of the Federalist Critique

Chapter 2

Addressing the Post-Imperial Condition

Empire and casticismo

Mourning Imperial Values

Chapter 3

Theorizing Imperial Ambivalence

Independence, Expansion, Modernity

The Paradox of Empire and Melancholia

Chapter 4

Anger and Indignation

Nietzsche's Critical History

The Conquest of the meseta as a Second (Imperial) Nature

Chapter 5

Catalanist Mood circa 1906

The Subdued Emotions of Cognition and Controversy

Imperialism and the Creation of National Pride

Witnessing the Spanish Empire's Shame

Conclusion

The Vanishing of Ambivalence

The Moral Implications of Imperial Emotions

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-199) and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781781380963

1781380961

9781781385623

OCLC:

1137741226

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access