Sensory Anthropology by Kelvin E Y Low

Sensory Anthropology by Kelvin E Y Low

From constructions of rasa (taste) in pre-colonial India and Indonesia, children and sensory discipline within the monastic orders of the Edo period of Japan, to sound expressives among the Semai in Peninsular Malaysia, the sensory soteriology of Tibetan Buddhism, and sensory warscapes of WWII, this book analyses how sensory cultures in Asia frame social order and disorder. Illustrated with a wide range of fascinating examples, it explores key anthropological themes, such as culture and language, food and foodways, morality, transnationalism and violence, and provides granular analyses on sensory relations, sensory pairings, and intersensoriality. By offering rich ethnographic perspectives on inter- and intra-regional sense relations, the book engages with a variety of sensory models, and moves beyond narrower sensory regimes bounded by group, nation or temporality. A pioneering exploration of the senses in and out of Asia, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students in social and cultural anthropology.

Kelvin E .Y. Low is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. His previous books include Scents and Scent-sibilities (2009), Everyday Life in Asia (co-edited with D. Kalekin-Fishman, 2010), Remembering the Samsui Women (2014), and Senses in Cities (co-edited with D. Kalekin-Fishman, 2017).

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ISBN 13	9781009240833
ISBN 10	1009240838
Title	Sensory Anthropology
Author	Kelvin E Y Low
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Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2023-03-09
Number of pages	232
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