{"product_id":"smell-and-the-ancient-senses-mark-bradley-9781844656417","title":"Smell and the Ancient Senses","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom flowers and perfumes to urban sanitation and personal hygiene, smell--a sense that is simultaneously sublime and animalistic--has played a pivotal role in western culture and thought. Greek and Roman writers and thinkers lost no opportunity to connect the smells that bombarded their senses to the social, political and cultural status of the individuals and environments that they encountered: godly incense and burning sacrifices, seductive scents, aromatic cuisines, stinking bodies, pungent farmyards and festering back-streets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cultural study of smell has largely focused on pollution, transgression and propriety, but the olfactory sense came into play in a wide range of domains and activities: ancient medicine and philosophy, religion, botany and natural history, erotic literature, urban planning, dining, satire and comedy--where odours, aromas, scents and stenches were rich and versatile components of the ancient sensorium. The first comprehensive introduction to the role of smell in the history, literature and society of classical antiquity, \u003ci\u003eSmell and the Ancient Senses \u003c\/i\u003eexplores and probes the ways that the olfactory sense can contribute to our perceptions of ancient life, behaviour, identity and morality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Bradley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844656411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844656417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015","brand":"Mark Bradley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113738416383,"sku":"9781844656417","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54926321-5ed0-4ec2-b5fb-70c1fdfae841.jpg?v=1769616991","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smell-and-the-ancient-senses-mark-bradley-9781844656417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}