Aroma: the cultural history of smell
Auteur :
Classen, Constance / Howes, David / Synnott, Anthony
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415114721
Date de publication :
24 nov. 1994
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
635 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This text argues that smell is repressed in the modern West, and its social history ignored. It attempts to break the "olfactory silence" of modernity by offering an exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history and in a wide variety of non-Western societies.