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Robinson, Katelynn, "Re-odorizing History: A Historiography of Smell Studies", dins: Kettler, Andrew - Tullett, William (dirs.), The Routledge History of the Senses, Londres, Routledge, 2024, (en premsa).

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This article presents a historiography of Smell Studies from antiquity to the twenty-first century across world cultures. It reviews the significance of smell research and the beginnings of the field, including foundational works by Alain Corbin, Annick Le Guérer, Susan Ashbrook Harvey, and Constance Classen, David Howes, and Anthony Synnott before looking at more recent research, with special focus on book-length works written after 2010. The historiography highlights religious odors analogous to the odors of sanctity and stench of sin; smell in medicine, urban cleanliness, and public health; and the aromas of gender, social class, and race as current topics of interest to smell historians.

Matèries

Historiografia
Història de la medicina