Sensuous geographies : body, sense and place /

Rodaway, Paul, 1961-

Sensuous geographies : body, sense and place / Paul Rodaway. - xi, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-190) and index.

List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Sense and geography -- Sensuous Geography -- Perception Theory and the Senses -- The Character of Sense -- Sense, space, place -- Haptic Geographies -- Olfactory Geographies -- Auditory Geographies -- Visual Geographies -- Sense and reality -- Sensuous Geography and Transformation -- Images, Themes and Postmodern Geographies -- Sense and Hyper-Reality -- Bibliography -- Index. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. Pt. II. 4. 5. 6. 7. Pt. III. 8. 9. 10.

"Exploring our immediate sensuous experience of the world, this book challenges us to reconsider the role of the sensuous as not merely the physical basis of understanding, but as an integral part of the cultural definition of geographical knowledge."--Publisher description.

0415088291 9780415088299

93040331


Geographical perception
Senses and sensation

G71.5 / .R63 1994

304.2

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