Aroma : the cultural history of smell / Constance Classen, David Howes, and Anthony Synnott.

Main entry:

Classen, Constance, 1957-

Title & Author:

Aroma : the cultural history of smell / Constance Classen, David Howes, and Anthony Synnott.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Description:

viii, 248 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-242) and index.
Introduction: The meaning and power of smell -- The aromas of antiquity -- Following the scent: from the Middle Ages to modernity -- Universes of odour -- The rites of smell -- Odour and power: the politics of smell -- The aroma of the commodity: the commercialization of smell.

Summary:

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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Publisher description

ISBN:

0415114721 (hbk.)
9780415114721 (hbk.)
041511473X (pbk.)
9780415114738 (pbk.)
9781134822409
1134822405

Subject:

Smell History.
Odors History.
Social history.
Odorants history
Perfume history
Social Conditions
Odorat Histoire.
Odeurs Histoire.
Histoire sociale.
social history.
Smell.
Odors.
Geruchssinn
Geur.
Reukstoffen.
Sociale aspecten.
Culturele aspecten.
Reukvermogen.
Parfums Histoire.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Howes, David, 1957-
Synnott, Anthony, 1940-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241413
Call No.: BIB 171315
Status: Available

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