Sandalwood and Carrion - Smell in Indian Religion and Culture

Zusatztext a book that will long stand out for bringing the text back in after the embodied turn in the history of religion, and doing so with the utmost erudition and nuance, like a fine perfume. Informationen zum Autor James McHugh is Assistant Professor of Religion, University of Southern California. Klappentext James McHugh offers the first comprehensive examination of the concepts and practices related to smell in pre-modern India. Drawing on a wide range of textual sources, from poetry to medical texts, he shows the deeply significant religious and cultural role of smell in India throughout the first millennium CE. Zusammenfassung James McHugh offers the first comprehensive examination of the concepts and practices related to smell in pre-modern India. Drawing on a wide range of textual sources, from poetry to medical texts, he shows the deeply significant religious and cultural role of smell in India throughout the first millennium CE.

Product details

• Authors: James McHugh, James (Assistant Professor of Religion Mchugh, McHugh James
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2012
• EAN: 9780199916306
• ISBN: 978-0-19-991630-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, RELIGION / Spirituality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, India, Spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience