The Resource Empires of the senses : bodily encounters in imperial India and the Philippines, Andrew J. Rotter
Empires of the senses : bodily encounters in imperial India and the Philippines, Andrew J. Rotter
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- Summary
- "This groundbreaking work offers a sensory history of the British in India from the formal imposition of their rule to its end (1857-1947) and the Americans in the Philippines from annexation to independence (1898-1946). A social and cultural history of empire, it analyzes how the senses created mutual impressions of the agents of imperialism and their subjects, and highlights connections between apparently disparate items, including the lived experience of empire, the comments (and complaints) found in memoirs and reports, the appearance of lepers, the sound of bells, the odor of excrement, the feel of cloth against skin, the first taste of meat spiced with cumin or of a mango. Men and women in imperial India and the Philippines had different ideas from the start about what looked, sounded, smelled, felt, and tasted good or bad. Both the British and the Americans saw themselves as the civilizers of what they judged backward societies and believed that a vital part of the civilizing process was to put the senses in the right order of priority and to ensure them against offense or affront. People without manners that respected the senses lacked self-control; they were uncivilized and thus unfit for self-government. Societies that looked shabby, were noisy and smelly, felt wrong, and consumed unwholesome food in unmannerly ways were not prepared to form independent polities and stand on their own. It was the duty of allegedly more sensorily advanced westerners to put the senses right before withdrawing the most obvious manifestations of their power. This study of Indians and Filipinos' ideas of what constituted sensory civilization and the imperial encounter with British and American sense-orders shows the compromises between these nations' sensory regimes"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 370 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction : embodied empires
- The senses and civilization
- Fighting : war and empire's onset
- Governing : subjects and states envisioned
- Educating : new soundscapes
- Sanitizing : the campaigns against odor
- Touching, feeling, and healing : hapticity and the hazards of contact
- Nourishing : imperial foodways
- Conclusion : the senses at empire's end
- Isbn
- 9780190924706
- Label
- Empires of the senses : bodily encounters in imperial India and the Philippines
- Title
- Empires of the senses
- Title remainder
- bodily encounters in imperial India and the Philippines
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrew J. Rotter
- Subject
-
- India -- Civilization -- 1765-1947
- India -- Civilization -- 1765-1947
- Philippines
- Philippines -- Civilization -- 20th century
- Philippines -- Civilization -- 20th century
- 1765-1999
- Senses and sensation -- India -- History
- Senses and sensation -- India -- History
- Senses and sensation -- Philippines -- History
- Senses and sensation -- Philippines -- History
- Senses and sensation
- Civilization
- History
- India
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This groundbreaking work offers a sensory history of the British in India from the formal imposition of their rule to its end (1857-1947) and the Americans in the Philippines from annexation to independence (1898-1946). A social and cultural history of empire, it analyzes how the senses created mutual impressions of the agents of imperialism and their subjects, and highlights connections between apparently disparate items, including the lived experience of empire, the comments (and complaints) found in memoirs and reports, the appearance of lepers, the sound of bells, the odor of excrement, the feel of cloth against skin, the first taste of meat spiced with cumin or of a mango. Men and women in imperial India and the Philippines had different ideas from the start about what looked, sounded, smelled, felt, and tasted good or bad. Both the British and the Americans saw themselves as the civilizers of what they judged backward societies and believed that a vital part of the civilizing process was to put the senses in the right order of priority and to ensure them against offense or affront. People without manners that respected the senses lacked self-control; they were uncivilized and thus unfit for self-government. Societies that looked shabby, were noisy and smelly, felt wrong, and consumed unwholesome food in unmannerly ways were not prepared to form independent polities and stand on their own. It was the duty of allegedly more sensorily advanced westerners to put the senses right before withdrawing the most obvious manifestations of their power. This study of Indians and Filipinos' ideas of what constituted sensory civilization and the imperial encounter with British and American sense-orders shows the compromises between these nations' sensory regimes"--
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- Cataloging source
- PUL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rotter, Andrew Jon,
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Senses and sensation
- Senses and sensation
- India
- Philippines
- Civilization
- Senses and sensation
- India
- Philippines
- Label
- Empires of the senses : bodily encounters in imperial India and the Philippines, Andrew J. Rotter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-355) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : embodied empires -- The senses and civilization -- Fighting : war and empire's onset -- Governing : subjects and states envisioned -- Educating : new soundscapes -- Sanitizing : the campaigns against odor -- Touching, feeling, and healing : hapticity and the hazards of contact -- Nourishing : imperial foodways -- Conclusion : the senses at empire's end
- Control code
- 1084411183
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190924706
- Lccn
- 2019002163
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40029338809
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1084411183
- Label
- Empires of the senses : bodily encounters in imperial India and the Philippines, Andrew J. Rotter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-355) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : embodied empires -- The senses and civilization -- Fighting : war and empire's onset -- Governing : subjects and states envisioned -- Educating : new soundscapes -- Sanitizing : the campaigns against odor -- Touching, feeling, and healing : hapticity and the hazards of contact -- Nourishing : imperial foodways -- Conclusion : the senses at empire's end
- Control code
- 1084411183
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9780190924706
- Lccn
- 2019002163
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40029338809
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1084411183
Subject
- India -- Civilization -- 1765-1947
- India -- Civilization -- 1765-1947
- Philippines
- Philippines -- Civilization -- 20th century
- Philippines -- Civilization -- 20th century
- 1765-1999
- Senses and sensation -- India -- History
- Senses and sensation -- India -- History
- Senses and sensation -- Philippines -- History
- Senses and sensation -- Philippines -- History
- Senses and sensation
- Civilization
- History
- India
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