Broschiertes Buch

The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East

Beschreibung

This Handbook is a state-of-the-field volume containing diverse approaches to sensory experience, bringing to life in an innovative, remarkably vivid, and visceral way the lives of past humans through contributions that cover the chronological and geographical expanse of the ancient Near East.

Autor

Kiersten Neumann is Curator and Research Associate at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, USA, and has published numerous articles on topics pertaining to sensory experience, ritualised practice, and visual culture of the first millennium BCE, as well as museum practice, collections histories, and the reception of Assyrian and Achaemenid art. Allison Thomason is Professor of History at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA. Her book, Luxury and Legitimation: Royal Collecting in Ancient Mesopotamia (2005), and her subsequent publications explore portable objects, dress, and sensory experiences in the ancient Near East.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 770
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1247g
• ISBN-13: 9781032065663
• ISBN-10: 1032065664
• Artikelnr.: 70360278