Details

Subject(s)

• Senses and sensation—China [Browse]

Editor

• Wu, Shengqing [Browse]
• Xuelei, Huang [Browse]

Series

Routledge contemporary China series [More in this series]

Summary note

"This book presents the first collection of studies of the senses and sensory experiences in China, filling a gap in sensory research while offering new approaches to Chinese Studies. Bringing together twelve chapters by literary scholars and historians, this book critically interrogates the deeply rooted meanings that the senses have coded in Chinese culture and society. Built on an exploration of the sensorial in early Chinese thought and late imperial literature, this book reveals the sensory manifestations of societal change and cultural transformation in China from the nineteenth century to the present day. It features in depth examinations of a variety of concepts, representations, and practices, including aural and visual paradigms in ancient Chinese texts; odours in Ming Qing literature and Republican Shanghai; the tactility of kissing and the sonic culture of community singing in the Republican era; the socialist sensorium in art, propaganda, memory, and embodied experiences; as well as contemporary-era multisensory cultural practices. Engaging with the exciting 'sensory turn', this original work makes a unique contribution to the world history of the senses, and will be a valuable resource to scholars and students of Chinese Literature, History, Cultural Studies, and Media"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781032008776 ((hardcover))
• 1032008776 ((hardcover))
• 9781032008837 ((paperback))
• 1032008830 ((paperback))

LCCN

2022006810

OCLC

1296687810

Other standard number

• 40031388148

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