The Life of the Senses: Introduction to a Modal Anthropology

by François Laplantine

Book Overview

Both a vital theoretical work and a fine illustration of the principles and practice of sensory ethnography, this much anticipated translation is destined to figure as a major catalyst in the expanding field of sensory studies.

Drawing on his own fieldwork in Brazil and Japan and a wide range of philosophical, literary and cinematic sources, the author outlines his vision for a 'modal anthropology'. Fran ois Laplantine challenges the primacy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472531965
• ISBN13: 9781472531964
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"