A Cultural History of the Senses in the Age of Empire

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2018
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-07800-0 (ISBN)

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The 19th century was a time of new sensory experiences and modes of perception. The raucous mechanical intensity of the train and the factory vied for attention with the dazzling splendour of department stores and world fairs. Colonization and trade carried European sensations and sensibilities to the world and, in turn, flooded the West with exotic sights and savours. Urban stench became a matter of urgent public concern. Photography created a compelling alternate reality accessible only to the eye. At the turn of the 20th century, the telephone and the radio isolated and extended the sense of hearing and electrical networks spread their webs throughout cities. These novel experiences were reflected in contemporary art and literature, which strove for new ways to express modern sensibilities. A Cultural History of the Senses in the Age of Empire brings together a group of eminent historians to explore the aesthetic, cultural and political formation of the senses during a period of momentous change.

A Cultural History of the Senses in the Age of Empire presents essays on the following topics: the social life of the senses; urban sensations; the senses in the marketplace; the senses in religion; the senses in philosophy and science; medicine and the senses; the senses in literature; art and the senses; and sensory media.

Constance Classen is Visiting Scholar at McGill University, Canada and director of an interdisciplinary project on art, museums and the senses. She is the editor of The Book of Touch (2005), and the author of, among other works, Worlds of Sense: Exploring the Senses in History and Across Cultures (1993), The Color of Angels: Cosmology, Gender and the Aesthetic Imagination (1998) and The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch (2012).

Introduction: The Transformation of Perception Constance Classen (McGill University, Canada)
1. The Social Life of the Senses: The Assaults and Seductions of Modernity (Kate Flint, University of Southern California, USA)
2. Urban Sensations: The Shifting Sensescape of the City Alain Corbin (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
3. The Senses in the Marketplace: Stimulation and Distraction, Gratification and Control Erika D. Rappaport (University of California, USA)
4. The Senses in Religion: Migrations of Sacred and Sensory Values David Morgan (Duke University, USA)
5. The Senses in Philosophy and Science: From the Senses to Sensations Robert Jütte (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
6. Medicine and the Senses: Seeing, Hearing and Smelling Disease David S. Barnes (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
7. The Senses in Literature: Industry and Empire Nicholas Daly (University College Dublin, UK)
8. The Senses in Art: From the Romantics to the Futurists Constance Classen (McGill University, Canada)
9. Sensory Media: The World Without and the World Within (Alison Griffiths, City University of New York, USA)
Notes
Bibliography
Notes on contributors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2018
Reihe/Serie	The Cultural Histories Series
Zusatzinfo	44 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Gewicht	467 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-350-07800-X / 135007800X
ISBN-13	978-1-350-07800-0 / 9781350078000
Zustand	Neuware