Scents and scent-sibilities smell and everyday life experiences - Low, Kelvin E. Y. (Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-192) and index
Smells are distinct and ubiquitous. They envelope us, enter our bodies, and emanate from us. Yet, they remain relegated to the background of everyday life experiences. This book attempts to highlight the social salience of smell in social actors' day-to-day encounters where issues involving morality and social othering, presentation of self, and personhood intertwine with analyses of smell as a social conduit. These encounters include the experiences of anosmic individuals, which capture non- ..