Past scents : historical perspectives on smell / Jonathan Reinarz.

  • Reinarz, Jonathan
Date:
[2014]
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2014]

Physical description

xi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: picking up the scent -- Heavenly scents: religions and smell -- Fragrant lucre: the perfume trade -- Odorous others: race and smell -- Seduction and subversion: gender and smell -- Uncommon scents: class and smell -- Mapping the smellscape: smell and the city -- Conclusion: beyond the foul and fragrant.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    RJ /REI
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780252034947
  • 0252034945
  • 9780252079795
  • 0252079795