Xuelei Huang (University of Edinburgh)

Scents of China

A Modern History of Smell

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on recent developments in sensory studies, Xuelei Huang presents a pioneering cultural history of smell in China from the High Qing to the Mao period. Utilising interdisciplinary methodology, she shows how this period of tumultuous change in China was experienced through the body and the senses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 309
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 162mm x 238mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9781009207041
• ISBN-10: 1009207040
• Artikelnr.: 67740169

Autorenporträt

Xuelei Huang is Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

A note on the text
Introduction. The cesspool and the rose garden
Part I. A Sniff of China: 1. Aromas of the red chamber
2. China stinks
Part II. Smellscapes in Flux: 3. Deodorizing China
4. Re-perfuming China
Part III. A Whiff of Alterity: 5. The bouquet of Eros
6. The politics of smell
Epilogue. The smell of winter white cabbage.