Olfaction and emotion

The quest for olfactory restoration in two speech communities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12910044
AutoresSally O Hastings (0000-0001-5395-1641, autor de correspondencia), Trudy Milburn (0000-0003-0079-291X, Purchase College)
Año2019
Volumen12
Número2
Páginas190-207
Fecha de publicación2019-02-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of International and Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-3065 • E-ISSN: 1751-3057
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17513057.2019.1575452
OpenAlexW2912031008
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas37

Olfaction has been described as one of the least studied of the senses. This has certainly proven true in Communication. This project applies Ethnography of Communication and Cultural Discourse Analysis to examine the role that olfaction plays in the cultural meaning systems of two speech communities: residents surrounding the Gowanus Canal and bereaved parents. The cultural hub used to explore the cultural significance of olfaction in both speech communities is feeling. The analyses illustrate how emotions are tied to associated sensations and further become activated through radiants of dwelling, relating and acting. The analysis also shows how olfaction may serve to unify and separate members of a community. The significance of this research encourages stretching the boundaries of communication studies by examining the less studied physical senses and the boundaries of Cultural Discourse Analysis by providing distinctions that others can incorporate when examining feelings

Cognitive psychology · Ethnography · Feeling · Meaning (existential · Olfaction · Sociology · Anthropology · Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neuroscience · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology