Title & Author:

A cultural history of the senses / edited by Jerry Toner, Richard G. Newhauser, Herman Roodenburg, Anne C. Vila, Constance Classen, David Howes.

Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Description:

6 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Volume 1. In antiquity / edited by Jerry Toner -- Volume 2. In the Middle Ages / edited by Richard G. Newhauser -- Volume 3. In the Renaissance / edited by Herman Roodenburg -- Volume 4. In the age of Enlightenment / edited by Anne C. Vila -- Volume 5. In the age of empire / edited by Constance Classen -- Volume 6. In the modern age / edited by David Howes.

Summary:

"The Cultural History of the Senses set delves into the sensory foundations of Western civilization, taking a comprehensive period-by-period approach which provides a broad understanding of the life of the senses from antiquity to the modern day. Each of the volumes explores the following topics: The Social Life of the Senses; Urban Sensations; The Senses in the Marketplace; The Senses in Religion; The Senses in Philosophy and Science; Medicine and the Senses; The Senses in Literature; Art and the Senses; and Sensory Media. Superbly illustrated, this six-volume set is the most authoritative and comprehensive historical survey of the senses available."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9780857853387 (set)
0857853384 (set)
9780857853394 (HB ; vol. 1)
0857853392 (HB ; vol. 1)
9780857853400 (HB ; vol. 2)
0857853406 (HB ; vol. 2)
9780857853417 (HB ; vol. 3)
0857853414 (HB ; vol. 3)
9780857853424 (HB ; vol. 4)
0857853422 (HB ; vol. 4)
9780857853431 (HB ; vol. 5)
0857853430 (HB ; vol. 5)
9780857853448 (HB ; vol. 6)
0857853449 (HB ; vol. 6)

Subject:

Senses and sensation History.
Perception History.
Senses and sensation.
Perception.
Medicine History.
Sensation
Cultural Characteristics history
Western World history
History of Medicine
Sens et sensations Histoire.
Perception Histoire.
Sens et sensations.
Médecine Histoire.
history of medicine.
Medicine
Sensualismus
Sinnlichkeit
Sinne
Wahrnehmung
Kultur

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Newhauser, Richard G.
Newhauser, Richard, 1947- editor.
Howes, David, 1957-
Vila, Anne C., 1961-
Roodenburg, Herman.
Toner, J. P.
Classen, Constance, 1957- editor.

Holdings:

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