Introduction: From the Modern to the Digital World: New Order, New Emotions
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Damousi, Joy and Davidson, Jane. (2019). Introduction: From the Modern to the Digital World: New Order, New Emotions. In In Davidson, Jane and Damousi, Joy (Ed.). A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Modern and Post-Modern Age pp. 1-18 Bloomsbury.
Authors | Damousi, Joy and Davidson, Jane |
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Editors | Davidson, Jane and Damousi, Joy |
Abstract | [Extract] As this volume attests, the twentieth century ushered in distinctive understandings of emotions that transformed how inner life was subsequently understood, especially through the rapidity of change brought about by the massive technological advancements of the period. The automobile transformed itself into a high-speed sports car and a symbol of danger, sex, and money. The airplane made travel over great distances possible and desirable, the allure of holiday destinations creating new ways to experience leisure and pleasure that permitted people of limited financial means to travel at low cost to escape to a new horizon, albeit only for a week or two. In fact, by 1969, it was even possible to visit the Moon—the horizon for excitement and expectation seemed limitless. |
Page range | 1-18 |
Year | 2019 |
Book title | A Cultural History of the Emotions in the Modern and Post-Modern Age |
Publisher | Bloomsbury |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
Series | The Cultural Histories |
ISBN | 9781472535795 |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
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Deposited | 06 Apr 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8v981/introduction-from-the-modern-to-the-digital-world-new-order-new-emotions
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