![]() ![]() The aroma of the commodity: The commercialization of smell. Available in used condition with free US shipping on orders over 10. Following the scent: From the Middle Ages to modernity Buy Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell By Constance Classen. Introduction: The meaning and power of smell. ![]() Aroma will make essential reading for students of cultural studies, history, anthropology and sociology. Its topics range from the medieval concept of the 'odour of sanctity' to the aroma-therapies of South America, and from olfactory stereotypes of gender and ethnicity in the modern West to the role of smell in postmodernity. Aroma : the cultural history of smell / Constance Classen, David Howes, and Anthony Synnott Book Bib IDĪroma breaks the 'olfactory silence' of modernity by offering the first comprehensive exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history - from antiquity to the present - and in a wide variety of non-Western societies. ![]()
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