The Anthropology of Smell
Ramsak, Mojca
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2024-08-13
- 售價: $5,030
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,779
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 138
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 3031617584
- ISBN-13: 9783031617584
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商品描述
This book discusses the meaning of smell from a socio-cultural perspective and brings important considerations of smell and olfaction beyond anatomy and physiology in an erudite, reader-friendly style. It addresses ideas about smell and odor in culturally diverse contexts; pays attention to the subtle ways in which smell is expressed; treats smell as part of memory, prejudice, rumor, and sexuality; offers insights into the role of smell in religion, literature, film art, intangible cultural heritage, and museum practices, with particular attention to the challenges posed by historical smells; describes the legal regulation of smell and the background to scent marketing that seeks to influence consumer buying habits, adding a unique and practical dimension to the content. In addition to philosophical and medical historical aspects, the book offers insights into the evolution, diagnosis and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the human sense of smell and illustrates how our environment and societal influences shape our sensory perceptions and thus our attitudes and interpretation of the olfactory world around us. From an anthropological perspective, the book looks at olfactory heritage, cultural traditions, and the symbolism of the nose in different societies. Overall, it offers a comprehensive and thought-provoking cultural examination of the sense of smell -- a sense that is often underestimated -- while broadening our understanding of the world of smell and its role in our lives.
"Ramsak's research provides valuable insights into the relationship between smell and culture, including its influence on identity, memory, social interactions, cultural practices, and beliefs. The book is a valuable resource for sensory anthropology, olfactory and intangible heritage."
Prof. Dr. Katja Hrobat Virloget, University of Primorska, The Faculty of Humanities, Department of Anthropology and Cultural Studies, Koper, Slovenia
"The remarkable depth and breadth of the subtle connection between smell and culture is testament to Ramsak's deep engagement with the subject and her exceptional understanding of the global patterns of cultural connotations associated with smell."
Prof. Dr. Sophie Elpers, The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meertens Institut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書從社會文化的角度討論了嗅覺的意義,以博學且讀者友善的風格,將嗅覺和嗅覺超越解剖和生理學的重要考慮帶入討論。它探討了不同文化背景下關於嗅覺和氣味的觀念;關注嗅覺表達的微妙方式;將嗅覺視為記憶、偏見、謠言和性別的一部分;提供了嗅覺在宗教、文學、電影藝術、無形文化遺產和博物館實踐中的作用見解,特別關注歷史氣味所帶來的挑戰;描述了對嗅覺的法律規範和旨在影響消費者購買習慣的香氛行銷背景,為內容增添了獨特而實用的層面。除了哲學和醫學歷史方面的內容外,本書還提供了對COVID-19大流行對人類嗅覺的演變、診斷和影響的見解,並說明了我們的環境和社會影響如何塑造我們的感官知覺,從而影響我們對嗅覺世界的態度和解讀。從人類學的角度來看,本書探討了嗅覺遺產、文化傳統以及不同社會中鼻子的象徵意義。總的來說,它提供了一個全面且引人思考的文化考察嗅覺的感官,這是一種常常被低估的感官,同時擴大了我們對嗅覺世界及其在我們生活中的作用的理解。
「Ramsak的研究提供了有價值的見解,關於嗅覺和文化之間的關係,包括其對身份、記憶、社交互動、文化實踐和信仰的影響。這本書對感官人類學、嗅覺和無形遺產是一個寶貴的資源。」
- Katja Hrobat Virloget教授,斯洛維尼亞科佩爾普里莫爾斯卡大學人文學院人類學與文化研究系
「嗅覺與文化之間微妙聯繫的卓越深度和廣度,證明了Ramsak對這一主題的深入參與和對與嗅覺相關的文化典型的全球理解的卓越。」
- Sophie Elpers教授,荷蘭皇家藝術與科學學院,阿姆斯特丹梅爾滕斯研究所
作者簡介
Mojca Ramsak holds a PhD in ethnology from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, where she is a full professor of cultural and social anthropology. She is also a full professor of anthropology at the Alma Mater Europaea - Faculty of Humanities, Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, Ljubljana (AMEU - ISH). She has authored ten independent academic monographs in various fields such as minority studies, ethnology, cultural anthropology, oral history, medical humanities, history of medicine, philosophy and cultural heritage. Her research is mostly interdisciplinary and focuses on the use of innovative research methods, experimental and traditional forms of qualitative research in the interest of social justice, human dignity and human rights
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Mojca Ramsak在斯洛維尼亞盧布爾雅那大學獲得民族學博士學位,並在該校擔任文化和社會人類學的全職教授。她還是Alma Mater Europaea - 人文學院的人類學全職教授,該學院位於盧布爾雅那的Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis(AMEU - ISH)。她在少數民族研究、民族學、文化人類學、口述歷史、醫學人文學、醫學史、哲學和文化遺產等多個領域撰寫了十本獨立的學術專著。她的研究多為跨學科研究,重點關注創新研究方法的應用,以及實驗和傳統形式的質性研究,以促進社會正義、人的尊嚴和人權。