Constance Classen

Worlds of Sense (eBook, PDF)

Exploring the senses in history and across cultures

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000884333
• Artikelnr.: 67351658

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

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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