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. Ed(S): Passerini, Luisa; Ellena, Liliana; Geppert, Alexander C. T. - New Dangerous Liaisons - 9781845457365 - V9781845457365
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New Dangerous Liaisons

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Description for New Dangerous Liaisons Hardback. In Europe, love has been given a prominent place in European self-representations from the Enlightenment onwards. The category of love, stemming from private and personal spheres, was given a public function and used to distinguish European civilization from others. Editor(s): Passerini, Luisa; Ellena, Liliana; Geppert, Alexander C. T. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.

In Europe, love has been given a prominent place in European self-representations from the Enlightenment onwards. The category of love, stemming from private and personal spheres, was given a public function and used to distinguish European civilisation from others. Contributors to this volume trace historical links and analyse specific connections between the two discourses on love and Europe over the course of the twentieth century, exploring the distinctions made between the public and private, the political and personal. In doing so, this volume develops an innovative historiography that includes such resources as autobiographies, love letters, and cinematic representations, and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Series
Making Sense of History
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845457365
SKU
V9781845457365
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Ref
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About . Ed(S): Passerini, Luisa; Ellena, Liliana; Geppert, Alexander C. T.
Luisa Passerini was Professor of Cultural History at the University of Turin, and iscurrently External Professor at the European University Institute, Florence, and Visiting Professor in the Oral History Master Program, Columbia University, New York.  She has published widely on the historical relationships between the discourse on Europe and the discourses on love, gender and generation, and on memory and ... Read more

Reviews for New Dangerous Liaisons
"This is a wonderful collection of richly textured, suggestive, and often meticulous essays that interrogate the inter-twined histories of love and European identity. Imaginative readings of diverse archives that go deep into Europe's pasts and extend sideways to her colonies and margins will make this volume indispensable to all contemporary debates on the 'meanings of Europe'. It will also speak ... Read more

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