Sensuous Geographies: Body, Sense and Place

Sensuous Geographies: Body, Sense and Place
ISBN-10
1134880707
ISBN-13
9781134880706
Category
Science
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2002-09-11
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Paul Rodaway

Description

The contemporary challenge of postmodernity draws our attention to the nature of reality and the ways in which experience is constructed. Sensuous Geographies explores our immediate sensuous experience of the world. Touch, smell, hearing and sight - the four senses chiefly relevant to geographical experience - both receive and structure information. The process is mediated by historical, cultural and technological factors. Issues of definition are illustrated through a variety of sensuous geographies. Focusing on postmodern concerns with representation, the book brings insights from individual perceptions and cultural observations to an analysis of the senses, challenging us to reconsider the role of the sensuous as not merely the physical basis of understanding but as an integral part of the cultural definition of geographical knowledge.

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