Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History

The past 20 years have witnessed a turn towards the sensuous, particularly the aural, as a viable space for critical exploration in History and other Humanities disciplines. This has been informed by a heightened awareness of the role that the senses play in shaping modern identity and understanding of place; and increasingly, how the senses are central to the memory...

This edited collection explores the genesis of scientific conceptions of race and their accompanying impact on the taxonomy of human collections internationally, as evidenced in ethnographic museums, world fairs, zoological gardens, international colonial exhibitions, and ethnic shows. A deep epistemological change took place in Europe in this domain toward the end of the eighteenth century, producing new scientific representations of...