ISSN:
1745-8927
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
The senses & society
Publ. der Quelle:
Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 12, No. 2 (2017), p. 193
DDC:
390
Abstract:
Providing examples from the islands of the Indian Ocean Region, this article focuses on the multisensory nature of storytelling and listening. Drawing on anthropological fieldwork in the region (1998-2016), the author proposes a sensuous epistemology that turns on listening to "sense". She reveals that storytelling can be a profoundly sensuous experience that elicits emotional and physical responses in both the teller and listener. The sensuous quality of stories enable the listener to fully encounter politically inscribed, complex social experiences. Ultimately, the article advances a notion of listening as sense-work, thereby deepening sensory scholarship's recent, politically reflexive analysis on listening to hear.
Note:
Copyright: © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group 2017
DOI:
10.1080/17458927.2017.1319603
URL:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17458927.2017.1319603
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