TY - JOUR
T1 - Corresponding affections: Emotional exchange among siblings in the Nassau family
AU - Broomhall, Susan
AU - Van Gent, Jacqueline
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This article examines the nature of emotional exchange among the siblings who were the children of William the Silent, the leader of the nascent Dutch Republic. Using evidence from extensive familial correspondence, it asks how the language of emotions could constitute forms of power within the family, by analyzing how actions and expressions of emotion were presented, discussed, and interpreted in epistolary form, to whom, and with what intention and impact. The article studies social, geographic, linguistic, and other distinctions between siblings in their use of affective discourses in correspondence and argues that attention to affective language can help to elucidate the agentive force of emotions in both reflecting and informing notions of power within the family.
AB - This article examines the nature of emotional exchange among the siblings who were the children of William the Silent, the leader of the nascent Dutch Republic. Using evidence from extensive familial correspondence, it asks how the language of emotions could constitute forms of power within the family, by analyzing how actions and expressions of emotion were presented, discussed, and interpreted in epistolary form, to whom, and with what intention and impact. The article studies social, geographic, linguistic, and other distinctions between siblings in their use of affective discourses in correspondence and argues that attention to affective language can help to elucidate the agentive force of emotions in both reflecting and informing notions of power within the family.
U2 - 10.1177/0363199008330734
DO - 10.1177/0363199008330734
M3 - Article
SN - 0363-1990
VL - 34
SP - 143
EP - 165
JO - Journal of Family History
JF - Journal of Family History
IS - 2
ER -