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Empires of the senses : bodily encounters in imperial India and the Philippines /

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This groundbreaking work offers a sensory history of the British in India from the formal imposition of their rule to its end (1857-1947) and the Americans in the Philippines from annexation to independence (1898-1946). A social and cultural history of empire, it analyzes how the senses created mutu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rotter, Andrew Jon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Senses and sensation > India > History.
Senses and sensation > Philippines > History.
India > Civilization > 1765-1947.
Philippines > Civilization > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : embodied empires
  • The senses and civilization
  • Fighting : war and empire's onset
  • Governing : subjects and states envisioned
  • Educating : new soundscapes
  • Sanitizing : the campaigns against odor
  • Touching, feeling, and healing : hapticity and the hazards of contact
  • Nourishing : imperial foodways
  • Conclusion : the senses at empire's end.