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Empires of the senses : bodily encounters in imperial India and the Philippines / Andrew J. Rotter

Author
Rotter, Andrew Jon
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Senses and Civilization -- 2.Fighting: War and Empire's Onset -- 3.Governing: Subjects and States Envisioned -- 4.Educating: New Soundscapes -- 5.Sanitizing: The Campaigns Against Odor -- 6.Touching, Feeling, and Healing: Hapticity and the Hazards of Contact -- 7.Nourishing: Imperial Foodways.
Summary
This text offers a sensory history of the British in India from the formal imposition of their rule to its end and the Americans in the Philippines from annexation to independence. A social and cultural history of empire, it focuses on quotidian life. It analyzes how the senses created mutual impressions of the agents of imperialism and their subjects and highlights connections between apparently disparate items, including the lived experience of empire, the otherwise unremarkable comments (and complaints) found in memoirs and reports, the appearance of lepers, the sound of bells, the odour of excrement, the feel of cloth against skin, the first taste of a mango or meat spiced with cumin.
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ISBN
9780190924737 (ebook)
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Note
Also issued in print: 2019.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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