In Of Love and Other Passions Guiomar Due�as-Vargas delves into the world of emotions among the bourgeois elite in Bogot from the end of the colonial period to 1870. While most studies of the period focus solely on the countryAEs political activity, Due�as-Vargas shows how ColombiaAEs 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, Due�as-Vargas presents the emotional profiles of families and couples, demonstrating...