Book of Touch
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Chronic
Conferred
Contact
cross-cultural sensory analysis
Dims
Disengaged
embodiment studies
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gendered sensory experience
gendered touch
Haptic Interface
haptic perception
Lap
multisensory interaction in society
Nu Shu
Octave Mirbeau
Physical Contact
Royal Touch
sensory anthropology
sensory territory
social life
Sponge
Sunny
Tactile Communication
tactile sensation research
Tattoo
Telematic Dreaming
Underwear
Valentine Greatrakes
Vice Versa
Violate
Wang Ping
Wo
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781845200596
- Weight: 780g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jul 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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? Is there a politics of touch? Bringing together classic writings and new work, this is an essential guide for anyone interested in the body, the senses and the experiential world.
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.
