Past scents: historical perspectives on smell
Auteur :
Reinarz, Jonathan
Éditeur :
University of Illinois Press
ISBN :
9780252079795
Date de publication :
21 févr. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
399 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Offers a historiography of smell from ancient to modern times. Synthesizing existing scholarship in the field, this book shows how people have relied on their olfactory sense to understand and engage with both their immediate environments and wider corporal and spiritual worlds.