Colonial Era
This fascinating collection explores early Mexico’s emotional landscape, looking at how emotions weremanifested, channeled, andmanipulated within the ideational framework of colonialism. The editors divide the anthology into two parts: the first treats emotions at a personal level, the second the role of institutions and officials in shaping emotional culture. The sections share certain themes, notably the important roles of Church and state in establishing standards and assumptions that, though modified over time, created a framework within which colonial Mexicans “experienced, evaluated, and expressed their emotions” in a number of distinct and often overlapping “emotional communities” (7).