Osmospheres
Mancioppi, Elena
Offering an overview of the relationship between smell and atmospheres as proposed within the humanities, this volume aims at interpreting the "olfactive" as a cross-sensorial and ecological modality of perception. It investigates osmospheres - i.e., the olfactory irradiances which provide persons, commodities, situations and places with an aura, a vague but unique flavor - from the perspective of relational and social aesthetics. For reasons ...