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The Smell Culture Reader (Sensory Formations)
Jim Drobnick
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Description for The Smell Culture Reader (Sensory Formations)
Paperback. Provides an overview of what is arguably the most elusive sense. From hygiene to aromatherapy, the fetid to the fragrant, smells are shown to be much more than just an adornment or a nuisance. This work demonstrates how essential smell is to sexuality, social status, personal identity, and cultural tradition. Editor(s): Drobnick, Jim. Series: Sensory Formations. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 660.
Smell is fundamental to experience but mired in paradox. Stigmatized as animalistic, it nonetheless feeds a vast fragrance and marketing industry. Considered ephemeral, scents have survived throughout the ages in a number of religious practices. The Smell Culture Reader provides a much-needed overview of what is arguably the most elusive sense. From hygiene to aromatherapy, the fetid to the fragrant, smells are shown to be much more than just an adornment or a nuisance. Addressing this engaging sense in redolent detail, The Smell Culture Reader demonstrates how essential smell is to sexuality, social status, personal identity, and cultural tradition.
Smell is fundamental to experience but mired in paradox. Stigmatized as animalistic, it nonetheless feeds a vast fragrance and marketing industry. Considered ephemeral, scents have survived throughout the ages in a number of religious practices. The Smell Culture Reader provides a much-needed overview of what is arguably the most elusive sense. From hygiene to aromatherapy, the fetid to the fragrant, smells are shown to be much more than just an adornment or a nuisance. Addressing this engaging sense in redolent detail, The Smell Culture Reader demonstrates how essential smell is to sexuality, social status, personal identity, and cultural tradition.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Series
Sensory Formations
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845202132
SKU
V9781845202132
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About Jim Drobnick
Jim Drobnick is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Manchester. He is the editor of Aural Cultures (2004), co-author of Museopathy (2002) and CounterPoses (2002), and is working on a book on smell in contemporary art.
Reviews for The Smell Culture Reader (Sensory Formations)
'The Smell Culture Reader' is a must read ... it will help you understand, and perhaps better enjoy, the smelly world around you.'Anya's Garden of Natural Perfumery website'Scholarly and profound, the anthology is a must-read for the professional. Anyone engaged in the science, creation, manufacture, sales or study of aroma and fragrance will find it an invaluable source of inofrmation ... Read more