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Scents and scent-sibilities : smell and everyday life experiences /
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 mor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 204 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-192) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443803069 1443803065 1282035940 9781282035942 9786612035944 6612035943 |