Aroma
the cultural history of smell
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Contributions
- Howes, David, 1957- - Contributor
- Synnott, Anthony, 1940- - Contributor
Publication
1994 - Routledge, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
62,000 words, Guess
Page Count
248 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1082014M
- ISBN-100415114721
- OCLC Control Number52054694
- OCLC Control Number29910901
- Library of Congress Control Number94005592
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1191854
- Goodreads2519487
Classifications
- DDC391/.63
- LCCGT2847 .C53 1994
Description
Aroma breaks the 'olfactory silence' of modernity by offering the first comprehensive exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history - from antiquity to the present - and in a wide variety of non-Western societies. Its topics range from the medieval concept of the 'odour of sanctity' to the aroma-therapies of South America, and from olfactory stereotypes of gender and ethnicity in the modern West to the role of smell in postmodernity. Aroma will make essential reading for students of cultural studies, history, anthropology and sociology.
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- Aroma: the cultural history of smell
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