Ways of Sensing by David Howes

Ways of Sensing by David Howes

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A stimulating exploration of the cultural, historical and political dimensions of the world of the senses.

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Ways of Sensing by David Howes

A stimulating exploration of the cultural, historical and political dimensions of the world of the senses.

"This is an important bookIt will stand as the most informed yet accessible treatment we have of both the individual senses and the relationship among the senses. Howes and Classen offer readers a wholly fresh, compelling, and absorbing account of the ways the senses have worked in a vast variety of social and historical formations." - Mark M. Smith, University of South Carolina, USA

"Howes and Classen have produced a wonderfully lucid and learned account of how we should understand the role of the senses, historically, comparatively and in our own everyday lives. A great pleasure to read." - Michael Bull, University of Sussex, UK

David Howes is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Centre for Sensory Studies at Concordia University, Montreal. His books include The Varieties of Sensory Experience (1991), Cross-Cultural Consumption (1996) and Empire of the Senses (2005). Constance Classen is a cultural historian specializing in the body and the senses, and the director of an interdisciplinary research project on the senses in art and the museum. Her books include Worlds of Sense (1993), The Color of Angels (1998) and The Deepest Sense (2012).
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ISBN 13 9780415697149
ISBN 10 041569714X
Title Ways of Sensing
Author David Howes
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2013-11-11
Number of pages 200
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