Sensory Anthropology

Culture and Experience in Asia

Kelvin E. Y. Low (National University of Singapore)

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Cambridge University Press
09 March 2023

Sociology & anthropology; Sociology: customs & traditions; Social & cultural anthropology; Physical anthropology & ethnography

From constructions of rasa (taste) in pre-colonial India and Indonesia, children and sensory discipline within the monastic orders of the Edo period of Japan, to sound expressives among the Semai in Peninsular Malaysia, the sensory soteriology of Tibetan Buddhism, and sensory warscapes of WWII, this book analyses how sensory cultures in Asia frame social order and disorder. Illustrated with a wide range of fascinating examples, it explores key anthropological themes, such as culture and language, food and foodways, morality, transnationalism and violence, and provides granular analyses on sensory relations, sensory pairings, and intersensoriality. By offering rich ethnographic perspectives on inter- and intra-regional sense relations, the book engages with a variety of sensory models, and moves beyond narrower sensory regimes bounded by group, nation or temporality. A pioneering exploration of the senses in and out of Asia, it is essential reading for academic researchers and students in social and cultural anthropology.

By: Kelvin E. Y. Low (National University of Singapore)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9781009240833
ISBN 10: 1009240838
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 09 March 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements; Introduction – How The Senses are Good to Think With; Part I. Perspectives and Precepts: 1. Sensory models and modalities; 2. Sensory moral economies: Part II. Responses and Restitutions: 3. Sensory transnationalism and interfaces; 4. Gastropolitical encounters; 5. Extreme sensescapes; Conclusion – Thinking Through the Senses; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Kelvin E .Y. Low is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. His previous books include Scents and Scent-sibilities (2009), Everyday Life in Asia (co-edited with D. Kalekin-Fishman, 2010), Remembering the Samsui Women (2014), and Senses in Cities (co-edited with D. Kalekin-Fishman, 2017).