Constance Classen

Worlds of Sense

Exploring the senses in history and across cultures

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1993, Worlds of Sense is an exploration of the historical and cultural formation of the senses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781032439488
• ISBN-10: 1032439483
• Artikelnr.: 69946011

Autorenporträt

Constance Classen

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgement Introduction: through the looking-glass 1. The odour of the
rose: floral symbolism and the olfactory decline of the West 2. Natural
wits: the sensory skills of 'wild children' 3. Words of sense 4. The odour
of the other: olfactory codes and cultural categories 5. Literacy as
anti-culture: the Andean experience of the written word 6. Worlds of sense
Notes Bibliography Name index Subject index