Common senses: Water, sensory experience and the generation of meaning

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-120

  Strang, Veronica ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cross cultural meanings; Environmental anthropology; Sensory perception; Water

Indexed keywords

ART; COGNITION; CULTURAL IDENTITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MATERIAL CULTURE; PERCEPTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; MITCHELL RIVER; QUEENSLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15544383376     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183505050096     Document Type: Article

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