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Emotions, language and identity on the margins of Europe
- Title
- Emotions, language and identity on the margins of Europe / Kyra Giorgi.
- Author
- Giorgi, Kyra, 1977-
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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- Description
- x, 234 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Nations usually define themselves in positive terms; they proclaim themselves strong and victorious, or developed and prosperous. But what does it mean when the opposite is true - when negative feelings like regret, nostalgia, melancholy and fatalism are said to be the true essence of a culture? And what does it mean when these feelings are encapsulated in a single, untranslatable word?Bringing together three such word-concepts from Europe's periphery - saudade in Portugal, the Czech litost of Milan Kundera and Orhan Pamuk's of Istanbul - this book investigates claims that they embody the historical experiences and character of a people. In each case, it explores the historical, cultural and psychological mechanisms behind the invention of negative autostereotypes to offer new ways of thinking about individual and collective identities. This eclectic and broad-ranging study is not only a historical survey of emotions, but also a meditation on hope, belonging and the search for authenticity in the modern age"--
- Series Statement
- Palgrave studies in the history of emotions
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-5463
- ISBN
- 9781137403476 (hardback)
- 1137403470 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2014022976
- OCLC
- YBP 2014022976
- Author
- Giorgi, Kyra, 1977- author.
- Title
- Emotions, language and identity on the margins of Europe / Kyra Giorgi.
- Publisher
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Palgrave studies in the history of emotions
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-5463