Constance Classen, David Howes, Anthony Synnott

Aroma (eBook, ePUB)

The Cultural History of Smell

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text argues that smell is repressed in the modern West, and its social history ignored. It attempts to break the "olfactory silence" of modernity by offering an exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history and in a wide variety of non-Western societies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134822393
• Artikelnr.: 49986722

Autorenporträt

Constance Classen is the author of Inca Cosmology and the Human Body and Worlds of Sense; David Howes is the editor of The Varieties of Sensory Experience; and Anthony Synnott is the author of The Body Social.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables, Acknowledgements, Introduction: The meaning and power of smell, Part I: In search of lost scents, 1. The aromas of antiquity, 2. Following the scent: From the Middle Ages to modernity, Part II: Explorations in olfactory difference, 3. Universes of odour, 4. The rites of smell, Part III: Odour, power and society5. Odour and power: The politics of smell, 6. The aroma of the commodity: The commercialization of smell, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Rezensionen

`One of the most common ritual uses of odour across cultures is to combat illness,' write the authors of Aroma' - Glasgow Herald

`Aroma is a fund of stimulating stories and has obviously been well researched.' - Times Higher Educ Supplement

`One of the most common ritual uses of odour across cultures is to combat illness,' write the authors of Aroma' - Glasgow Herald

`Aroma is a fund of stimulating stories and has obviously been well researched.' - Times Higher Educ Supplement