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Emotions and modernity in colonial India : from balance to fervor / Margrit Pernau.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (348 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190990831 (ebook) :Subject(s): Emotional intelligence -- India -- History -- 19th century | India -- Civilization -- 19th century | India -- Social conditions -- 19th century
| India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199497775DDC classification: 954.035 LOC classification: DS423Online resources: 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.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Previously issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'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.
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