Scents and scent-sibilities: smell and everyday life experiences
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Main Author: Low, Kelvin E. Y. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub. 2009
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Item Description: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- ..
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 204 p.)
ISBN:1443803065
9781443803069

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