Food occupies a central position in culture today: discussions about health and the global food supply are an almost daily feature in news reports, cookery programs and whole channels dedicated to foo
Food occupies a central position in culture today: discussions about health and the global food supply are an almost daily feature in news reports, cookery programs and whole channels dedicated to foo
The first edition of The Auditory Culture Reader offered an introduction to both classical and recent work on auditory culture, laying the foundations for new academic research in sound studies. Today
The first edition of The Auditory Culture Reader offered an introduction to both classical and recent work on auditory culture, laying the foundations for new academic research in sound studies. Today
What is the sixth sense? Is it physical, mental or spiritual? Do we all possess it or is it unique to exceptional individuals? Might there be a seventh sense and an eighth sense as well? What role doe
Here is a much-needed overview of what is arguably our most elusive sense. Sight and hearing have been the subject of numerous books, while the so-called "lower senses" have remained relatively unexpl
A wide range of social and natural sciences and humanities, and as wide a range of cultures and historical periods, are represented in these 37 essays on the sense of taste. They cover the physiology
