Sensory Anthropology

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-009-24083-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

From constructions of rasa (taste) in pre-colonial India and Indonesia, children and sensory discipline within the monastic orders of the Edo period of Japan, to sound expressives among the Semai in Peninsular Malaysia, the sensory soteriology of Tibetan Buddhism, and sensory warscapes of WWII, this book analyses how sensory cultures in Asia frame social order and disorder. Illustrated with a wide range of fascinating examples, it explores key anthropological themes, such as culture and language, food and foodways, morality, transnationalism and violence, and provides granular analyses on sensory relations, sensory pairings, and intersensoriality. By offering rich ethnographic perspectives on inter- and intra-regional sense relations, the book engages with a variety of sensory models, and moves beyond narrower sensory regimes bounded by group, nation or temporality. A pioneering exploration of the senses in and out of Asia, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students in social and cultural anthropology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Low, Kelvin E Y

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; Introduction – How The Senses are Good to Think With; Part I. Perspectives and Precepts: 1. Sensory models and modalities; 2. Sensory moral economies: Part II. Responses and Restitutions: 3. Sensory transnationalism and interfaces; 4. Gastropolitical encounters; 5. Extreme sensescapes; Conclusion – Thinking Through the Senses; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Low, Kelvin E Y
Kelvin E.Y. Low is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. His previous books include Scents and Scent-sibilities (2009), Everyday Life in Asia (co-edited with D. Kalekin-Fishman, 2010), Remembering the Samsui Women (2014), and Senses in Cities (co-edited with D. Kalekin-Fishman, 2017).