Sensible Objects
Sensible Objects
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Anthropologists of the senses have long argued that cultures differ in their sensory registers
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Sensible Objects by Ruth Phillips
Anthropologists of the senses have long argued that cultures differ in their sensory registers. This groundbreaking volume applies this idea to material culture and the social practices that endow objects with meanings in both colonial and postcolonial relationships. It challenges the privileged position of the sense of vision in the analysis of material culture. Contributors argue that vision can only be understood in relation to the other senses. In this they present another challenge to the assumed western five-sense model, and show how our understanding of material culture in both historical and contemporary contexts might be reconfigured if we consider the role of smell, taste, touch and sound, as well as sight, in making meanings about objects.
'The volume ought to be considered as a starting-point from which to explore further the anthropolgy of the senses' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol 14, No 2, June 2008 An important, brave and engaging work amply suitable of stimulating further research in the study of the senses. Senses & Society Sensible Objects is successful on a number of levels. It comprises a thought-provoking and enjoyable group of essays that... encourage the reader to consider and question using additional combinations of sound, smell, touch, and taste. -- Emma Martin, World Museum, Liverpool, UK Journal of Museum Ethnography
Elizabeth Edwards is Professor and Senior Research Fellow, University of the Arts London. Chris Gosden is at The Pitt Rivers Museum Research Centre, Oxford.Ruth Phillips is at the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture, Carleton University, Canada.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845203245 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845203240 |
| Title | Sensible Objects |
| Author | Ruth Phillips |
| Series | Wenner-Gren International Symposium Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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