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The Book of Touch (Sensory Formations)
C (Ed) Classen
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Description for The Book of Touch (Sensory Formations)
Paperback.
This book puts a finger on the nerve of culture by delving into the social life of touch, our most elusive yet most vital sense. From the tortures of the Inquisition to the corporeal comforts of modernity, and from the tactile therapies of Asian medicine to the virtual tactility of cyberspace, The Book of Touch offers excursions into a sensory territory both foreign and familiar. How are masculine and feminine identities shaped by touch? What are the tactile experiences of the blind, or the autistic? How is touch developed differently across cultures? What are the boundaries of pain and pleasure? ... Read more
This book puts a finger on the nerve of culture by delving into the social life of touch, our most elusive yet most vital sense. From the tortures of the Inquisition to the corporeal comforts of modernity, and from the tactile therapies of Asian medicine to the virtual tactility of cyberspace, The Book of Touch offers excursions into a sensory territory both foreign and familiar. How are masculine and feminine identities shaped by touch? What are the tactile experiences of the blind, or the autistic? How is touch developed differently across cultures? What are the boundaries of pain and pleasure? ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
476
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845200596
SKU
V9781845200596
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About C (Ed) Classen
Constance Classen is the author of Worlds of Sense: Exploring the Senses in History and Across Cultures, and The Color of Angels: Cosmology, Gender and the Aesthetic Imagination, among other works.
Reviews for The Book of Touch (Sensory Formations)
"This encyclopaedic collection of writings on touch places the subject at the very centre of culture, sociality and technology. A valuable resource which should interest all of those seeking to embody our understanding of human experience, action and society. - Chris Shilling, University of Portsmouth, UK The Book of Touch provides a fulfilling and imaginative traversal of the ... Read more