A uniquely powerful marker of ethnic, gender, and class identities,
scent can also overwhelm previously constructed boundaries and
transform social-sensory realities within contexts of environmental
degradation, pathogen outbreaks, and racial politics. This
innovative multidisciplinary volume critically examines olfaction
in Asian societies with the goal of unlocking its full potential as
an analytical frame and lived phenomenon. Featuring contributions
from international scholars with deep knowledge of the region, this
volume conceptualizes Asia and its borders as a dynamic,
transnationally connected space of olfactory exchange. Using
examples like economic exchange along the Silk Road; the diffusion
of dharmic religious traditions out of South Asia; the waves of
invasion, colonization, and forced relocation that shaped the
history of the continent; and other “sensory highways” of
contact, the contributors break down essentializing olfactory
tropes and reveal how scent functions as a category of social and
moral boundary-marking and boundary-breaching within, between, and
beyond Asian societies. Smell shapes individual, collective, and
state-based memory, as well as discourses about heritage and power.
As such, it suggests a pervasive and powerful intimacy that
contributes to our understanding of the human condition, mobility,
and interconnection. In addition to the editors, the contributors
to this volume include Khoo Gaik Cheng, Jean Duruz, Qian Jia,
Shivani Kapoor, Adam Liebman, Lorenzo Marinucci, Peter
Romaskiewicz, Saki Tanada, Aubrey Tang, and Ruth E. Toulson.
General
| Imprint: |
Pennsylvania State University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Perspectives on Sensory History |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Firstpublished: |
2023 |
| Editors: |
Hannah Gould
• Gwyn McClelland
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Pages: |
262 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-271-09541-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-271-09541-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780271095417 |
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