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Oceans of Feeling
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Taking cues from spatial studies, the history of the senses, and the history of the body, Ryan Walmsley charts a rich and affectively meaningful course through the experiential content of the migrant condition in a specific historical moment. From the emotional bonds of the 'Mother Country' ideology to the unique affective-sensory atmospheres of transatlantic liners bound for Britain, Oceans of Feeling reveals exciting new dimensions to Windrush-era migration which have been masked under the canopies of social and political approaches.
A reflection of the history of emotions' power to revivify historical narratives, this book interrogates the emotional causes and consequences of racist violence. In doing so, it reframes racism as a cluster of specific emotional concepts and expressions, which provides fascinating insights into the lives of Caribbean migrants in this period. This includes linking the disproportionate designation of Caribbean children as 'educationally subnormal' in British schools to a constellation of emotional stereotypes and experiences. It also explores private spaces, such as dub and reggae house parties, which migrants constructed as emotional refuge from the hostile atmosphere of public spaces, and demonstrates how love and sex were politicised in the increasingly racialised atmosphere of postwar Britain.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
258
Release Date:
2025-12-11
Publication Date:
2025-12-11
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
135054163X
ISBN13:
9781350541634
Weight:
555 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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