Sensory Experiments : Psychophysics, Race, and the Aesthetics of Feeling /

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"In SENSORY EXPERIMENTS Erica Fretwell considers the science of psychophysics, the study of sensory experience, in mid-nineteenth century America. In particular, Fretwell traces the development of "perceptual sensitivity," a metric of an individual's capacity to perceive finer fe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fretwell, Erica, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Science > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism > United States > Psychological aspects.
Senses and sensation > Social aspects.
Psychophysics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sight : unreconstructed body images
  • Sound : the acoustics of social harmony
  • Smell : perfume, women, and other volatile spirits
  • Taste : sweet measures and lawless pleasures
  • Touch : life writing between skin and flesh
  • Coda. Afterlives and antelives of feeling.

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