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Item Number: 136074
Title: A Cultural History of the Senses
Author: Classen, Constance (ed)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9780857853387
Description: London-New York: Bloomsbury, 2014. 6 vols. 24cm., hardcover, ca. 300 b&w illus. Contents: 1. A Cultural History of the Senses in Antiquity, 500 BCE-500 CE, edited by Jerry Toner. 2. A Cultural History of the Senses in the Middle Ages, 500-1450, edited by Richard Newhauser. 3. A Cultural History of the Senses in the Renaissance, 1450-1650, edited by Herman Roodenburg. 4. A Cultural History of the Senses in the Age of Enlightenment, 1650-1800, edited by Anne Vila. 5. A Cultural History of the Senses in the Age of Empire, 1800-1920, edited by Constance Classen. 6. A Cultural History of the Senses in the Modern Age, 1920-2000, edited by David Howes.
Summary: What did the past sound like, taste like, smell like? How did it look and feel? How did people make sense of the world through their senses? These are questions which are increasingly capturing the interest of historians. A Cultural History of the Senses 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. The volumes treat such topics as the sensory markers of gender and class, the aesthetic dimensions of material culture, religious sensibilities, the medical uses of the senses and their representation in art and literature. These investigations bring out the sensations and values which defined experience in a particular era and shaped the world view of the time. With contributions from such prominent scholars as Peter Burke, Alain Corbin, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill and Chris Woolgar, A Cultural History of the Senses sets the stage for a vital new way of understanding the past.
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