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BK

1st pub.

Oxford : Berg, 2005

xii, 461 s. ; 24 cm

ISBN 978-1-84520-059-6 (brož.)

Sensory formations series

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This book puts a finger on the // nerve of culture by delving into // the social life of touch, our most // elusive yet most vital sense. // From the tortures of the // Inquisition to the corporeal // comforts of modernity, and // from the tactile therapies of // Asian medicine to the virtual // tactility of cyberspace, The Book // â–  of Touch offers excursions into a // sensory territory both foreign and // familiar. How are masculine and // feminine identities shaped by // touch? What are the tactile, // experiences of the blind, or the autistic? // 4 // How is touch developed differently // across cultures? What are the // boundaries of pain and pleasure? Is // there a politics of touch? Bringing // together classic writings and new // work, The Book of Touch is // an essential guide for anyone // interested in the body, the senses // and the experiential world. // // Constance Classen is the author // of Worlds of Sense: Exploring the // Senses in History and Across // Cultures, and The Color of Angels: // Cosmology, Gender and the // Aesthetic Imagination, among // other works. // • BERG // ISBN 1 84520 059 4 Front cover: La Cathédrale by Auguste Rodin. Stone, 64 a 29.5 « 31.8cm. // Musée Rodio, Paris, S. 1001. Photograph: Olivier Brunet // Cover Design: Raven Design // 0 // o // Ln // TU // O // O // Ln // 1 // 9781845200596 // ’This encyclopedic collection of // writings on touch places the subject // at the very centre of culture, sociality // and technology.’

// Chris Shilling, University of Portsmouth // ’ The. Book of Touch provides a fulfilling // and imaginative traversal of the // many landscapes of touch. Constance // 4 // Classen’s deft introductions provide // both context for, and commentary on, a // constellation of texts - academic and // literary, historical and contemporary whose appearance makes a major // contribution to the burgeoning study // i of the senses.’ // Tim Barringer, Yale University // NEW YORK // OXFORD // www.bergpublishers.com // 200596 // Acknowledgments xiii // Fingerprints: Writing About Touch // Constance Classen 1 // Part I: Contact // Contact // Constance Classen 13 // Handshakes 16 // 1 Tactile Communication // Ruth Finnegan 18 // The Social Kiss 26 // 2 Skinscapes: Embodiment, Culture and Environment // David Howes 27 // Touch in the Classroom 40 // 3 Handling Children: To Touch or Not to Touch? // Anthony Synnott 41 // The Quiet Flow of Touch 48 // 4 The American Touch: Tactile Imagery in American // Religion and Politics // David Chidester 49 // Part II: Pleasure // Pleasure // Constance Classen 69 // I Want to Hold Your Hand // 72 // 5 The Pleasures of Touch // Yi-FuTuan 74 // Thermal Delight 80 // 6 Homely Pleasures: The Pursuit of Comfort in the // Eighteenth Century // John E. Crowley 82 // Scratching Where It Itches 92 // 7 Bourgeois Love: Mabel Loomis Todd // Peter Gay 93 // The Caress 101 // 8 Desiring Touch in Sartre and Beauvoir // Penelope Deutscher 102 // The Touch of God 106 // Part

III: Pain // Pain // Constance Classen 109 // Speaking of Pain 114 // 9 The Language of Pain in India // Judy Pugh 115 // Headaches 119 // 10 The Tortures of the Inquisition and the Invention of // Modern Guilt // Ariel Glucklich 120 // Stoicism 132 // 11 Primate Experiments: Harry Harlow and the Technology // of Love // Donna Eiaraway 134 // The Pangs of Rejection 143 // 12 Sex, Pain and the Marquis de Sade // David B. Morris 144 // Contents ix // Part IV: Male Bonding // Male Bonding // Constance Classen 155 // "Threads of Manly Friendship" 160 // 13 The Men’s House: Touching and Wrestling among // Mehinaku Men // Thomas Gregor 162 // Handymen 166 // 14 The Imperial Touch: Schooling Male Bodies in Colonial // India, Part I // C.E. Tyndale-Biscoe 168 // 15 The Imperial Touch: Schooling Male Bodies in Colonial // India, Part II // Satadru Sen 171 // School of Hard Knocks 177 // 16 Sexuality and the Drill: The Body Reconstructed in the // Military Academy // Klaus Theweleit 178 // Warrior Love 186 // 17 The Dying Kiss: Intimacy and Gender in the Trenches of // the First World War // Santanu Das 188 // A Hard Man is Good to Find 198 // Part V: Women’s Touch // Women’s Touch // Constance Classen 203 // Women’s Work 207 // 18 Saarak’s Crisis: Childbirth and Weaning in an Inuit Community // Jean Briggs 209 // Binding Women in China 217 // 19 Nu Shu: Female Writing in China // Wang Ping 220 // x Contents // 20 Feminine Tactics: Crafting an Alternative Aesthetics in the // Eighteenth

and Nineteenth Centuries // Constance Classen 228 // Throwing Like a Girl 240 // 21 Seamstress and Marketwoman: Working Women in Early // Twentieth-century Paris // Madeleine Henrey 242 // 22 The Mosaic Makers // Karli Whitmore 251 // Warrior Women 254 // Part VI: Control // Control . // Constance Classen 259 // When Can a Man Touch a Woman? 264 // 23 On Medieval Manners // Norbert Elias 266 // Don’t Touch the Art! 273 // 24 Touch in the Museum // Constance Classen 275 // Hands Off! 287 // Spouse Beating 288 // 25 Bourgeois Perception: The Gaze and the Contaminating // Touch // Peter Stallybrass andAllon White 289 // Untouchable 292 // 26 In a Victorian Prison: Privations of the Flesh // Philip Priestley 294 // Security Crises 301 // Part VII: Uncommon Touch // Uncommon Touch // Constance Classen 305 // Fire in the Mind // 310 // 27 Phantom Touch in "The Case of George Dedlow" // S. Weir Mitchell 311 // Still Life 317 // 28 Autism and "The Squeeze Machine" // Temple Grandin 318 // Pure Touch 322 // 29 Rainfall and the Blind Body // John Hull 324 // Balancing Acts 328 // 30 Tactilism // F. T. Marinetti 329 // What’s Going On In There? 333 // 31 Visceral Perception // Drew Leder 335 // Nightmare Touch 342 // Part VIII: Tactile Therapies // Tactile Therapies // Constance Classen 347 // DrTouch 352 // 32 Magical Healing: The King’s Touch // KeithThomas 354 // Sweat Baths 363 // 33 Ayurvedic Medicine and the History of Massage // S. V. Govindan 365 // 34 Breathing Spaces: Qigong and

Healing // Nancy N. Chen 369 // The Healing Paw 375 // 35 A Touch of Danger: The Bedside Manners of the // Eighteenth-century Physician // Roy Porter 377 // Domesticating Madwomen // 384 // xii Contents // 36 The Golden Age of Electrotherapy // Caroline Thomas de la Pena 386 // The Immune System 397 // Part IX: Touch and Technology // Touch and Technology // Constance Classen 401 // The Mechanized Body 407 // 37 Polishing Your Heart: Artisans and Machines in Japan // Dorinne Kondo 409 // 38 Modernist Fictions of Speed // Sara Danius 412 // Nerve Endings 420 // 39 Grasping the Image: How Photographs are Handled // Elizabeth Edwards 421 // 40 "Make it Snuggle in the Palm:" The Commodification // of Touch // Roy Sheldon and Egmont Arens 426 // The Body Retouched 429 // 41 Digital Touch // Mark Paterson 431 // Weaving a New World 437 // 42 Spacemaking: Experiences of a Virtual Body // Susan Kozel 439 // Virtual Touch 447 // Copyright Acknowledgments 448 // Index 454