A sensory history manifesto
"An exploration of the past, present, and future of sensory history"--
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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University Park, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2021]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Perspectives on sensory history
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| Zusammenfassung: | "An exploration of the past, present, and future of sensory history"-- "Starting from the premise that the sensorium is a historical formation, Mark M. Smith traces the origins of historical work on the senses long before the emergence of the field now called 'sensory history.' Interrogating, exploring, and in some cases recovering pioneering work on the topic, Smith argues that we are at an important moment in the writing of the history of the senses, and he explains the potential that this field holds for the study of history generally. In addition to highlighting the strengths of current work in sensory history, Smith also identifies some of its shortcomings. If sensory history provides historians of all persuasions, times, and places a useful and incisive way to write about the past, it also challenges current practitioners to think more carefully about the historicity of the senses and the desirability—even the urgency—of engaged and sustained debate among themselves. In this way, A Sensory History Manifesto invites scholars to think about how their field needs to evolve if the real interpretive dividends of sensory history are to be realized"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | 119 Seiten 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780271090184 9780271090177 |