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Sensing the World: An Anthropology of the Senses is a highly original and comprehensive overview of the anthropology and sociology of the body and the senses.
Preface: David Le Breton and the Sociality of SensationDavid HowesIntroduction1. Sensing the World: An Anthropology of the Senses2. From Seeing to Knowing: Sight, the Reflective Sense3. Listening to the World: Hearing, the Sense of Understanding4. Skin Deep: Touch, the Sense of Contact5. Smelling and Feeling, the Self and the Other6. Savouring the World: From Taste in Food to the Taste for Life7. The Cuisine of DisgustOvertureReferencesIndex