Sensory anthropology : culture and experience in Asia / Kelvin E.Y. Low.

"Illustrated with a wide range of examples, this pioneering book analyses how the senses in everyday life manifest across Asian communities and cultures, and how they impact social order and disorder. Balancing ethnographic depth with analytical discussion, it is essential reading for students...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Low, Kelvin E. Y. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-title page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: How the Senses Are Good to Think With
  • Part I Perspectives and Precepts
  • 1 Sensory Models and Modalities
  • 2 Sensory Moral Economies
  • Part II Responses and Restitutions
  • 3 Sensory Transnationalism and Interfaces
  • 4 Gastropolitical Encounters
  • 5 Extreme Sensescapes
  • Conclusion: Thinking through the Senses
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.