The deepest sense : a cultural history of touch / Constance Classen.

  • Classen, Constance, 1957-
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[2012], ©2012
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Publication/Creation

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012], ©2012.

Physical description

xvii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

A place by the fire -- A touchable god -- Painful times -- A woman's touch -- Animal skins -- Tactile arts -- The modern touch -- Sensations of a new age.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PBK /CLA
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  • 9780252034930
  • 0252034937
  • 9780252078590
  • 0252078594