Description
Book Synopsis Spanning Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Encounters with Emotions investigates experiences of face-to-face transcultural encounters from the seventeenth century to the present and the emotional dynamics that helped to shape them. Each of the case studies collected here investigates fascinating historiographical questions that arise from the study of emotion, from the strategies people have used to interpret and understand each other’s emotions to the roles that emotions have played in obstructing communication across cultural divides. Together, they explore the cultural aspects of nature as well as the bodily dimensions of nurture and trace the historical trajectories that shape our understandings of current cultural boundaries and effects of globalization.
Trade Review “…a well-balanced and thoughtful collection of essays. Being the terrain of an encounter between different disciplines and strands of research, it will prove to be an insightful read for historians of emotions as well as a valuable introduction to the field for a diverse range of students of the modern history of transcultural encounters.” • Emotions: History, Culture, Society (EHCS)
“The chapters in this well-balanced volume look at the encounters of cultures, groups and individuals from every angle. Encounters with Emotions is a remarkable contribution to our understanding of cultural diversity.” • Oto Luthar, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Table of Contents List of Illustrations
Introduction: Encountering Feelings—Feeling Encounters
Benno Gammerl, Philipp Nielsen and Margrit Pernau
Chapter 1. Missionaries: False Reverence, Irreverence and the Rethinking of Christian Mission in China and India
Stephen Cummins and Joel Lee
Chapter 2. Travellers: Transformative Journeys and Emotional Contacts
Edgar Cabanas, Razak Khan and Jani Marjanen
Chapter 3. Anthropologists: Feelings in the Field
Pascal Eitler and Joseph Ben Prestel
Chapter 4. Entrepreneurs: Encountering Trust in Business Relations
Agnes Arndt
Chapter 5. Diplomats: Kneeling and the Protocol of Humiliation
Ute Frevert
Chapter 6. Occupiers and Civilians: Facing the Enemy
Philipp Nielsen
Chapter 7. Prisoners: Experiencing the Criminal Other
Pavel Vasilyev and Gian Marco Vidor
Chapter 8. ‘Monsters’: Emotional Incoherence and Familial Murder
Daphne Rozenblatt
Chapter 9. Performers: From ‘Courtesans’ to Kathakali King Lear
Kedar A. Kulkarni
Chapter 10. Lovers and Friends: Encounters of Hearts and Bodies
Margrit Pernau
Conclusion: After Encounters with Feelings: Outcomes and Further Issues
Benno Gammerl
Index
