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London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
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9781474233088
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Introduction: The Transformation of Perception Constance Classen (McGill University, Canada)
1. The Social Life of the Senses: The Assaults and Seductions of Modernity (Kate Flint, University of Southern California, USA)
2. Urban Sensations: The Shifting Sensescape of the City Alain Corbin (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
3. The Senses in the Marketplace: Stimulation and Distraction, Gratification and Control Erika D. Rappaport (University of California, USA)
4. The Senses in Religion: Migrations of Sacred and Sensory Values David Morgan (Duke University, USA)
5. The Senses in Philosophy and Science: From the Senses to Sensations Robert Jütte (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
6. Medicine and the Senses: Seeing, Hearing and Smelling Disease David S. Barnes (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
7. The Senses in Literature: Industry and Empire Nicholas Daly (University College Dublin, UK)
8. The Senses in Art: From the Romantics to the Futurists Constance Classen (McGill University, Canada)
9. Sensory Media: The World Without and the World Within (Alison Griffiths, City University of New York, USA)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index
Contents
Introduction: The Transformation of Perception Constance Classen (McGill University, Canada)
1. The Social Life of the Senses: The Assaults and Seductions of Modernity (Kate Flint, University of Southern California, USA)
2. Urban Sensations: The Shifting Sensescape of the City Alain Corbin (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
3. The Senses in the Marketplace: Stimulation and Distraction, Gratification and Control Erika D. Rappaport (University of California, USA)
4. The Senses in Religion: Migrations of Sacred and Sensory Values David Morgan (Duke University, USA)
5. The Senses in Philosophy and Science: From the Senses to Sensations Robert Jütte (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
6. Medicine and the Senses: Seeing, Hearing and Smelling Disease David S. Barnes (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
7. The Senses in Literature: Industry and Empire Nicholas Daly (University College Dublin, UK)
8. The Senses in Art: From the Romantics to the Futurists Constance Classen (McGill University, Canada)
9. Sensory Media: The World Without and the World Within (Alison Griffiths, City University of New York, USA)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index