How do emotions change over time? When is hate honorable? What happens
when "love" is translated into different languages? Such questions are
now being addressed by historians who trace how emotions have been
expressed and understood in different cultures throughout history. Doing
Emotions History explores the history of feelings such as love, joy,
grief, nostalgia as well as a wide range of others, bringing together
the latest and most innovative scholarship on the history of the
emotions. Spanning the globe from Asia and Europe to North America, the
book provides a crucial overview of this emerging discipline. An
international group of scholars reviews the field's current status and
variations, addresses many of its central debates, provides models and
methods, and proposes an array of possibilities for future research.
Emphasizing the field's intersections with anthropology, psychology,
sociology, neuroscience, data-mining, and popular culture, this
groundbreaking volume demonstrates the affecting potential of doing
emotions history. Contributors are John Corrigan, Pam Epstein, Nicole
Eustace, Norman Kutcher, Brent Malin, Susan Matt, Darrin McMahon, Peter
N. Stearns, and Mark Steinberg.