Description: An examination of how people select tangible and intangible tokens of family inheritance, and this process' impact on identity, through the lens of new methodologies from the history and sociology of emotions.
Brief description: Katie Barclay is Professor and Future Fellow at Macquarie University, Sydney. She writes widely on the history of emotions, gender, and family life. With Kate De Luna and Giovanni Tarantino, she is the editor of Emotions: History, Culture, Society.
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"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
"This fascinating collection of essays offers new insights into the way in which families construct and have constructed their memories and identities ... There are 24 separate contributions in the book and there isn't enough space to do justice to them all here, so I will just have to recommend reading Inheriting the Family." --Family & Community History