Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Erotic Desire, Love, and Marriage; 2: The Virtuous Marriage; 3: Sexuality and Racial Purity; 4: The Transgressions of the Ibáñez Sisters; 5: "Men make the laws, and women the reputations"; 6: Civil Society and Domestic Pleasures; 7: "And you do not know how much I love you!"; 8: Courtship and Betrothal; 9: Conjugal Love; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
Summary
In Of Love and Other Passions Guiomar Dueñas-Vargas delves into the world of emotions among the bourgeois elite in Bogotá from the end of the colonial period to 1870. While most studies of the period focus solely on the country's political activity, Dueñas-Vargas shows how Colombia's social, cultural, and political changes transformed the meaning of love, which contributed to the evolution of new models of femininity and masculinity. By examining sources such as personal letters and diaries, Dueñas-Vargas presents the emotional profiles of families and couples, demonstrating how the
