Aroma
Author | : Constance Classen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2002-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134822409 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134822405 |
Rating | : 4/5 (405 Downloads) |
Download or read book Aroma written by Constance Classen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text argues that smell is repressed in the modern West, and its social history ignored. It attempts to break the "olfactory silence" of modernity by offering an exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history and in a wide variety of non-Western societies.