The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch

by Constance Victoria Classen and Constance Classen

Book Overview

From the softest caress to the harshest blow, touch lies at the heart of our experience of the world. Now, for the first time, this deepest of senses is the subject of an extensive historical exploration. The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch fleshes out our understanding of the past with explorations of lived experiences of embodiment from the middle ages to modernity. This intimate and sensuous approach to history makes it possible to foreground...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252078594
• ISBN13: 9780252078590
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"