Distant Impressions - The Senses in the Ancient Near East

A collection of essays exploring the social aspects of sensation in the ancient Near East and how these cultures represented sensory phenomena in their languages, literature, art, and architecture.

About the author

Ainsley Hawthorn is an alumna of Yale University and a nonfiction author.Anne-Caroline Rendu Loisel is Lecturer (maître de conférences) in Assyriology at the University of Strasbourg.

Summary

A collection of essays exploring the social aspects of sensation in the ancient Near East and how these cultures represented sensory phenomena in their languages, literature, art, and architecture.

Product details

• Authors: Ainsley Rendu Loisel Hawthorn
• Assisted by: Ainsley Hawthorn (Editor), Anne-Caroline Rendu Loisel (Editor), Anne-Caroline Rendu Loisel (Editor)
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781575069678
• ISBN: 978-1-57506-967-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale; Rencontre Assyriologique Inter; Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq, Ancient World, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE