Emotions and modernity in colonial India : from balance to fervor / Margrit Pernau
- Author:
- Pernau, Margrit
- Published:
- New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (348 pages).
- Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online
- Summary:
- 'Emotions and Modernity in Colonial India' investigates the experiences, interpretations and practices of emotions in India between 1857 and the First World War. It is based on a large archive of sources in Urdu, many explored for the first time, showing the transformation from the ideal of balance and harmony to a desire for strong, visceral and even indomitable passions, which the contemporaries took as a sign for the youthfulness and vigor of the community.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780190990831 (ebook)
- Audience Notes:
- Specialized.
- Note:
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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