{"product_id":"aroma-the-cultural-history-of-smell-paperback","title":"Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eConstance Classen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Howes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnthony Synnott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmell is a social phenomenon, given particular meanings and values by different cultures. Odours form the building blocks of cosmologies, class hierarchies, and political odours. They can enforce social structures or transgress them, unite people or divide them, empower or disempower. The authors argue that the sociology of smell is repressed in the modern West, and its social history ignored. This book breaks the olfactory silence of modernity. It offers the first comprehensive exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history - from antiquity to the present. It also covers a wide variey of non-Western societies. Its topics range from the medieval concept of the odour of sanctity, to the aromatherapies of South America, and from olfactory stereotypes of gender and ethnicity in the modern West to the role of smell in postmodernity. Its subject matter will fascinate anyone who likes to nose around in the inner workings of culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstance Classen is the author of Inca Cosmology and the Human Body and Worlds of Sense; David Howes is the editor of The Varieties of Sensory Experience; and Anthony Synnott is the author of The Body Social.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.52 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51790650900768,"sku":"9780415114738","price":118.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c91565016be6ca7aa6117eb87d3179e6.webp?v=1780682173","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/aroma-the-cultural-history-of-smell-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}