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Follow Your Nose? Smell, Smelling, and Their Histories
Ist Teil von
The American historical review, 2011-04, Vol.116 (2), p.335-351
Ort / Verlag
England: University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
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Quelle
EBSCOhost Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Jenner tries to counter the widespread impression that this allegedly most "primitive" or "infantile" of the senses has been neglected by historians. He also resists the conventional metanarrative that posits a general "deodorization" of the modern smellscape, one that often claims both that foul odors are less prevalent than before and that the cultural role of smelling has itself diminished. Questioning the often condescending assumption that earlier or less "developed" societies tolerated stench more than their modern successors, he points to the unexpected consequences of the invention of the water closet in producing the infamous "Great Stink of London" in 1858. Furthermore, he also demands conceptual care in avoiding culture/nature and human/environment dichotomies. The sense of smell in particular suggests the permeability of these domains, as well as the interconnectivity of the senses themselves, if people are to investigate the totality of bodily techniques in various historical moments.