The reorganization of the sensory world

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2010, Pages 51-66

  Porcello, Thomas ^a   Meintjes, Louise ^b   Ochoa, Ana Maria ^c   Samuels, David W ^d  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

discourse; materiality; mediation; multisensory; senses

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MATERIAL CULTURE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77958015466     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.012809.105042     Document Type: Article

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