Inheriting the Family: Objects, Identities and Emotions

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Katie Barclay (Macquarie University, Australia) Tanya Evans (Macquarie University, Australia)

Inheriting the Family

Objects, Identities and Emotions

Katie Barclay (Macquarie University, Australia), Tanya Evans (Macquarie University, Australia), Joanne Begiato , Laura King

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Bloomsbury Academic
06 February 2025

Social & cultural history; Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours

Series: New Directions in Social and Cultural History

This open access book uses new methodologies from the history and sociology of emotions to analyse why people select specific tokens of family inheritance, and how this influences personal identity, cultural heritage, and national memory.

Much of our cultural heritage emerges from family histories – with many of the objects curated in museums, stories passed between generations, and monuments marking notable figures being the direct product of familial collections, donations, and investments. This edited collection uses emotion as an analytical tool to interpret such behaviours, and offers novel ways to investigate how and why family inheritances from a range of social, racial, and ethnic groups maintain their cultural power, as they move through time and from the private to the public spheres.

Drawing on a variety of case studies, and exploring items ranging from Victorian library chairs, to quilts, religious texts, and pieces of intergenerational writing – this volume considers the role of objects and inheritances in the emotional lives of individuals and families, and acknowledges them as agents in the creation of histories and identities. Combining insight from scholars of the history of emotions with that of historians and researchers situated outside the academy, this collection allows fresh insights on family history and material culture to emerge.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UK Research and Innovation.

Edited by: Katie Barclay (Macquarie University Australia), Tanya Evans (Macquarie University, Australia), Joanne Begiato, Laura King, Ashley Barnwell
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350382503
ISBN 10: 1350382507
Series: New Directions in Social and Cultural History
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 06 February 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Katie Barclay is the Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions and Associate Professor in History, University of Adelaide, Australia. Ashley Barnwell is a Senior Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Joanne Begiato is a Professor of History and Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Tanya Evans is Director of the Centre for Applied History and Associate Professor at Macquarie University, Australia. Laura King is Associate Professor of Modern British History at the University of Leeds, UK.

Reviews for Inheriting the Family: Objects, Identities and Emotions

An invaluable addition to our thinking about family history. What do we inherit with the objects that come down to us from the past, freighted, as they are, with a cargo of feelings, as well as historical connections and meanings? This fascinating collection is full of insights for both historians and practitioners alike. * Alison Light, Honorary Fellow in History and English, Pembroke College, Oxford, UK *