Sandalwood and Carrion
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-991630-6 (ISBN)
McHugh describes sophisticated arts of perfumery, developed in temples, monasteries, and courts, which resulted in worldwide ocean trade. He shows that various religious discourses on the purpose of life emphasized the pleasures of the senses, including olfactory experience, as a valid end in themselves. Fragrances and stenches were analogous to certain values, aesthetic or ethical, and in a system where karmic results often had a sensory impact-where evil literally stank-the ethical and aesthetic became difficult to distinguish.
Sandalwood and Carrion explores smell in pre-modern India from many perspectives, covering such topics as philosophical accounts of smell perception, odors in literature, the history of perfumery in India, the significance of sandalwood in Buddhism, and the divine offering of perfume to the gods.
James McHugh is Assistant Professor of Religion, University of Southern California.
Acknowledgments ; Preface ; Part One: Smells in Theory ; 1 INTRODUCTION ; 2 EARTH, WIND, FOUL & FRAGRANT: THE THEORY OF SMELLING & ODORS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA ; Part Two: Smells in the World ; 3 LOTUS, FISH, & COWS: THE SMELL-SCAPE OF TRADITIONAL SOUTH ASIA ; 4 FLOWERS & FISH IN THE MAH?BH?RATA ; Part Three: Smells in Practice ; 5 MOON JUICE & UPROAR: PERFUMERY TEXTS ; 6 ALLIES, ENEMIES, & YAK?A MUD: PERFUMES ; Part Four: Aromatic Materials ; 7 THE INCENSE TREES OF THE LAND OF EMERALDS: EXOTIC AROMATICS IN MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA ; 8 SANDALWOOD: MERCHANTS, EXPERTISE & PROFIT ; Part Five: Smell and Religion ; 9 BOIS DES ISLES ; 10 THE TOILETTE OF THE GODS ; Epilogue ; Appendix SANSKRIT & PRAKRIT TEXTS ON PERFUME BLENDING & PERFUMERY ; Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.11.2012 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 236 x 163 mm |
| Gewicht | 626 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-991630-6 / 0199916306 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-991630-6 / 9780199916306 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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