The deepest sense
Subtitle: a cultural history of touch
By: Constance Classen
Series: Studies in sensory history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780252034930; 9780252078477
Subjects: Touch; History; Senses and sensation; Social history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A place by the fire; title: A touchable god; title: Painful times; title: A woman's touch; title: Animal skins; title: Tactile arts; title: The modern touch; title: Sensations of a new age.