Emotions, Language and Identity on the Margins of Europe

Informationen zum Autor Kyra Giorgi is a writer and cultural historian. She received her PhD in History from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. Klappentext When a word describing an emotion is said to be untranslatable, is that emotion untranslatable also? This unique study focuses on three word-concepts on the periphery of Europe, providing a wide-ranging survey of national identity and cultural essentialism, nostalgia, melancholy and fatalism, the production of memory and the politics of hope. Zusammenfassung When a word describing an emotion is said to be untranslatable! is that emotion untranslatable also? This unique study focuses on three word-concepts on the periphery of Europe! providing a wide-ranging survey of national identity and cultural essentialism! nostalgia! melancholy and fatalism! the production of memory and the politics of hope. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Emotions into History PART I: SAUDADE AND PORTUGUESENESS 2. Proudly Alone? 3. Modernity and Martyrdom PART II: LÍTOST AND CZECHNESS 4. The Evolution of a Fatalism 5. Culture as Identity PART III: HÜZÜN AND TURKISHNESS 6. Defining Memories 7. Occidental Tourism Conclusion

List of contents

Introduction 1. Emotions into History PART I: SAUDADE AND PORTUGUESENESS 2. Proudly Alone? 3. Modernity and Martyrdom PART II: LÍTOST AND CZECHNESS 4. The Evolution of a Fatalism 5. Culture as Identity PART III: HÜZÜN AND TURKISHNESS 6. Defining Memories 7. Occidental Tourism Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: K Giorgi, K. Giorgi, Kyra Giorgi
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349487004
• ISBN: 978-1-349-48700-4
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions; Palgrave Studies in the Histor; Palgrave Studies in the Histor; Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Emotion, Cultural History, Philosophy of Language, European History, Social History, Political Science, Social & cultural history, Psychology: emotions, Emotions, Political science & theory, Language and languages—Philosophy, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Europe—History