{"title":"Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoutledge Studies in Cultural History\u003c\/strong\u003e offers an insightful exploration into the diverse forces shaping societies, thought, and identity across time. Readers can expect a rich tapestry of interdisciplinary perspectives that engage with philosophy, history, and cultural analysis to deepen understanding of the world’s complexities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach work in the series illuminates unique cultural phenomena and social practices, inviting reflection on how values, narratives, and power intersect. These thoughtful studies appeal to those intrigued by the interplay between past and present within the broader humanities and social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-sound-memory-and-the-senses-9781138211773","title":"A Cultural History of Sound, Memory, and the Senses","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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 of past experiences and their representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result has been a broadening of our historical imagination, which has previously taken the visual for granted and ignored the other senses. Considering how crucial the auditory aspect of life has been, a shift from seeing to hearing past societies offers a further perspective for examining the complexity of historical events and experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHistorians in many fields have begun to listen to the past, developing new arguments about the history and the memory of sensory experience. \u003cem\u003eA Cultural History of Sound, Memory, and the Senses\u003c\/em\u003e builds on scholarship produced over the last twenty years and explores these dimensions by coupling the history of sound and the senses in distinctive ways: through a study of the sound of violence; the sound of voice mediated by technologies; and the expression of memory through the senses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThough sound is the most developed field in the study of the sensorium, many argue that each of the senses should not be studied in isolation from each other, and for this reason, the final section incorporates material which emphasizes the sense as relational.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47604896596204,"sku":"9781138211773","price":376.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138211773-a-cultural-history-of-sound-memory-and-the-senses.jpg?v=1778114889"},{"product_id":"the-invention-of-race-9780367208646","title":"The Invention of Race","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA deep epistemological change took place in Europe in this domain toward the end of the eighteenth century, producing new scientific representations of race and thereby triggering a radical transformation in the visual economy relating to race, racial representation, and its inscription in the body. These practices would play defining roles in shaping public consciousness and the representation of \"otherness\" in modern societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Invention of Race\u003c\/em\u003e provides contextualisation that is often lacking in contemporary discussions on diversity, multiculturalism, and race.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608092295404,"sku":"9780367208646","price":106.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780367208646-the-invention-of-race.jpg?v=1778182391"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-routledge-studies-in-cultural-history.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}