Scents and scent-sibilities : smell and everyday life experiences / by Kelvin E.Y. Low.

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Low, Kelvin E. Y

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 204 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781443803069
1443803065
1282035940
9781282035942
9786612035944
6612035943

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Scents and scent-sibilities.DDC classification:

391.63 22

LOC classification:

GT2847 .L69 2009

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Contents:

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Worlds of Smells Chapter Three -- Chapter 3: "Doing Smells -- The Everyday Life Trajectory -- Chapter 4: Smell and Personhood -- Chapter 5: Smell and Social Membership -- Chapter 6: The Rise of Civilisation and the Repression/Re-creation of Smell Conclusion -- Conclusion: The Nose Knows -- Index.

Summary: 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- ...

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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- ...

English.

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