A cultural history of the senses in the age of empire. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Constance Classen.
• Editors: Classen, Constance, 1957-
• Contents: Introduction: The Transformation of Perception Constance Classen (McGill University, Canada)1. The Social Life of the Senses: The Assaults and Seductions of Modernity (Kate Flint, University of Southern California, USA)2. Urban Sensations: The Shifting Sensescape of the City Alain Corbin (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)3. The Senses in the Marketplace: Stimulation and Distraction, Gratification and Control Erika D. Rappaport (University of California, USA)4. The Senses in Religion: Migrations of Sacred and Sensory Values David Morgan (Duke University, USA)5. The Senses in Philosophy and Science: From the Senses to Sensations Robert Jütte (University of Stuttgart, Germany)6. Medicine and the Senses: Seeing, Hearing and Smelling Disease David S. Barnes (University of Pennsylvania, USA)7. The Senses in Literature: Industry and Empire Nicholas Daly (University College Dublin, UK)8. The Senses in Art: From the Romantics to the Futurists Constance Classen (McGill University, Canada)9. Sensory Media: The World Without and the World Within (Alison Griffiths, City University of New York, USA)NotesBibliographyNotes on contributorsIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: 152.109034; Senses and sensation -- History -- 19th century; Europe -- Colonies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474233088; 1474233082
• Related ISBNs: 9781350078000
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