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How are masculine and feminine identities shaped by touch. From the tortures of the inquisition to the corporeal comforts of modernity and from the tactile therapies of asian medicine to the virtual tactility of cyberspace, the book of touch offers excursions into a sensory territory both foreign and familiar. Cosmology, gender and the aesthetic imagination 1998, among other works. The book of touch is the 3rd installment of berg publishers. Download full version here if you are searching for the ebook by constance classen the deepest sense. What are the tactile experiences of the blind, or the autistic. Grovers book of cute things to touch by constance allen. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the a natural history of the senses, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country.
Exploring the senses in history and across cultures, the color of angels, and the anthology the book of touch. The book of touch sensory formations constance classen, david howes on. Choice constance classen knows the historiography and. Touch, absorption and radical politics in the magazine. Constance classens book begins with a provocative question. Tim barringer, yale universityget your hands on the book of touch. The sensual culture reader 2005, that included a number of essays about touch including kathryn linn geurts inspiring ethnographic essay, consciousness as feeling. The first chapter starts with cases of peoples sensory engagement with holy and royal relics from earlier history. Jan 30, 2014 constance classens book begins with a provocative question. The book is organized diachronically into six chapters.
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