Sensory History by Mark M Smith

Sensory History by Mark M Smith

Defines 'sensory history', stresses the importance of historicizing the senses, and considers each sense chapter by chapter. This book examines visual culture in Victorian Britain and South America, sound in nineteenth-century Australia and France, and gender politics and touch in Early Modern Europe and among Native Americans.

'This book is an excellent introduction to a distinctive style of inquiry and a trustworthy guide to what is now a fast-emerging field of study'THE'Mark M. Smith has a good record of communicating his research to a broad constituency within and beyond the academy ... This will be required reading for anyone addressing sensory history.'Penelope Gouk, Manchester University'In this inspiring book, Mark M. Smith blows the dust off the documents and monuments historians normally concentrate on in their efforts to reconstruct the past, and breathes new life into the sounds and textures, scents and sights that have shaped the consciousness of historical actors from antiquity to the present. Sensory History thus makes for sensational reading, and at the same time offers a critical take on the burgeoning literature in this dynamic new field of inquiry. Smith's history of the sensate is destined to precipitate a revolution in our understanding of the sensibilities that underpinned the

Mark M. Smith is Carolina Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of several books, including Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South, which was co-winner of the Organization of American Historians' 1997 Avery O. Craven Award and the South Carolina Historical Society's Book of the Year. His work on sensory history has been featured in the New York Times.

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ISBN 13	9781845204150
ISBN 10	1845204158
Title	Sensory History
Author	Mark M Smith
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2007-12-01
Number of pages	192
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