Smell Culture Reader
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cultural identity formation
environmental odour analysis
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fragrance industry studies
Odorat
olfactory perception
olfactory sociology and social status
ritual and religious olfaction
Sens et sensations
Senses and sensation
Senses and sensations
sensory anthropology
Smell
smell (sense)
Product details
- ISBN 9781845202132
- Weight: 880g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
