Sensible objects
Sensible objects
About this book
Anthropologists of the senses have long argued that cultures differ in their sensory registers. This volume applies this idea to material culture and the social practices that endow objects with meanings both colonial and postcolonial relationships.
Subjects
Material cultureEthnological museums and collectionsSenses and sensationSocial aspectsColoniesHuman bodyPostcolonialismAnthropologySensationCulture matérielleSens et sensationsCorps humainAspect socialEthnologieMusées et collectionsPostcolonialismeMaterial culture (discipline)SOCIAL SCIENCEGeneralCongresses