Everyday Life in Asia: Social Perspectives on the Senses

Everyday Life in Asia offers a range of detailed case studies presenting social perspectives on sensory experiences in Asia. Thematically organized around the notions of the experience of space and place, tradition and the senses, cross-border sensory experiences, and habitus and the senses – its rich empirical content reveals people's commitment to place, and the manner in which its sensory experience provides the key to penetrating the meanings abound in everyday life.

About the Author

Devorah Kalekin-Fishman is a senior researcher in the Faculty of Education at University of Haifa, Israel, and Co-Head of the Centre for Professional Development through Intercultural Dialogue Kelvin E.Y. Low is an instructor at the National University of Singapore and is completing his D.Phil. at the University of Bielefeld, Germany