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Smell, the least-understood of the senses, is now emerging as one of the most exciting fields in critical sociology. This pioneering work shows how smell acts as an important social intermediary that profoundly affects the way everyday life is known and understood. Low demonstrates that smell both defines and is defined by social structures, power relations, body management and notions of the self. The work also deals with smell and personhood, smell and the moral order, olfaction and embodiment, the perception of smellscapes, smell and emotion. And the role of smell in the construction of race, class and gender. While most previous work on smell has focused on the West or on non-industrialised simple societies, Low focuses on the modern, industrialized, multi-racial society of Singapore, exploring the roles and meanings of smell beyond the West and throwing light on the transition of smell from sensorial/olfactory experience to sociocultural expression under conditions of modernity. An important contribution to understanding social action through the scents and sensual logic of late capitalism.
Kelvin Low is at the International Graduate School in Sociology at the University of Bielefeld, as well as the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore
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| Format: 156 x 234 mm
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| Binding: Hardback
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| Pages: Approx. 300
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| ISBN: 0710313349; 978-0-7103-1334-8
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| Illustrations: N/A
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| Subject:
Scent, Smell, Senses,
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| Series / Library: Kegan Paul Library of Perfume and Scents
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