Of sensory infractions and anthropomorphism across Asian urban histories.
The paper explores how urban dwellers lived in Asian cities between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and what cultural and/or everyday practices and routines they engaged in. What happens when migrants and their sensory practices move across spatial boundaries? How do urban actors perceive an...
| Publicado en: | History & Anthropology Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 306 - 326 |
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Apr2025
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