1st Edition

Courtship, Marriage and Marriage Breakdown Approaches from the History of Emotion

Edited By Katie Barclay, Jeffrey Meek, Andrea Thomson Copyright 2020
248 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the history of marriage and marriage-like relationships across five continents from the seventeenth century to the present day. Across fourteen chapters, leading marriage scholars examine how the methodologies from the new history of emotions contribute to our understanding of marriage, seeking to uncover not only personal feeling but also the political and social implications... Read more

1. Marriage and Emotion in Historical Context

Katie Barclay, Jeffrey Meek and Andrea Thomson

2. Affection and Passion in Early Modern Spanish Separations

Edward Behrend-Martínez

3. "He Asked Her Why She Was Crying": Young People’s Intimate Relationships, Emotions, and the Making of Marriage in Early Modern France

Julie Hardwick

4. Illicit Relations in a Multiethnic City: Emotions, Fidelity, and Economic Obligations in Colonial Mexico

Margarita R. Ochoa

5. Mobile Emotions: Bigamy and Community in Scotland, 1660-1830

Katie Barclay

6. "Companions in Labor": Same-Sex Marriage and the Romantic Ideal in the Early United States

Rachel Hope Cleves

7. "Bigamy", "Marriage Fraud" and Colonial Patriarchy in Kayes, French Sudan (1905-1925)

Marie Rodet

8. From Foreign Bride to "Korean" Mother: Managing Feelings in Modern, South Korean Marriages

Amalya Layla Ashman

9. "The Best of Both Worlds’?: Young Women, Family and Marriage in 1970s Scotland

Andrea Thomson

10. "He Isn’t Affectionate at All": African-American Wives in the 1940s and the Problem of "Cool"

Christina Simmons

11. Trust, Authenticity and Bigamy in Twentieth-Century England

Claire Langhamer

12. "It Seemed the Right Thing to Do!": Mixed-Orientation Marriages and Emotions in Post-War Scotland

Jeffrey Meek

13. Marriage in India: A Web of Intimacies

Ruth Vanita

14. To Have and to Hold?: The Relationality of Emotions and Couples’ Relationships in Twenty-First-Century Britain

Janet Fink and Jacqui Gabb

Biography

Katie Barclay is Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in the History of Emotions and Associate Professor in History, University of Adelaide.



Jeffrey Meek is Lecturer in Economic & Social History at the University of Glasgow.



Andrea Thomson is Research Associate in the Faculty of History, University of Oxford.