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Battlefield Emotions 1500-1800: Practices, Experience, Imagination
Erika Kuijpers
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Description for Battlefield Emotions 1500-1800: Practices, Experience, Imagination
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. Num Pages: 303 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 19 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; HBW; JMQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
This book explores changes in emotional cultures of the early modern battlefield. Military action involves extraordinary modes of emotional experience and affective control of the soldier, and it evokes strong emotional reactions in society at large. While emotional experiences of actors and observers may differ radically, they can also be tightly connected through social interaction, cultural representations and mediatisation. The book integrates psychological, social and cultural perspectives on the battlefield, looking at emotional behaviour, expression and representation in a great variety of primary source material. In three steps it discusses the emotional practices in the army, the emotional experiences of ... Read more
This book explores changes in emotional cultures of the early modern battlefield. Military action involves extraordinary modes of emotional experience and affective control of the soldier, and it evokes strong emotional reactions in society at large. While emotional experiences of actors and observers may differ radically, they can also be tightly connected through social interaction, cultural representations and mediatisation. The book integrates psychological, social and cultural perspectives on the battlefield, looking at emotional behaviour, expression and representation in a great variety of primary source material. In three steps it discusses the emotional practices in the army, the emotional experiences of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions
Condition
New
Weight
542g
Number of Pages
303
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137564894
SKU
V9781137564894
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About Erika Kuijpers
Erika Kuijpers teaches cultural history at VU University, the Netherlands. Her previous work concerned the social history of early modern migration and labour relations. From 2008-2013 she worked at Leiden University, the Netherlands, researching memories of the Dutch Revolt, as part of the VICI research project 'Tales of the Revolt: Memory, oblivion and identity in the Low Countries, 1566-1700'. She ... Read more
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