The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments I am very grateful to everyone who assisted me during the years of preparation for this book.Among my colleagues in the field of the history of the senses I owe thanks to Mark Smith, who proposed I embark on the present study and Richard Newhauser,whorespondedwithsuchenthusiasmtoit.DavidHowesofferedinvaluable guidance and encouragement during the writing process and George Classen served as an insightful reviewer.Jonathan and Emma were always supportive of my work and the two of them, along with Mishi, provided wonderful company during the long months of writing. Gracias también a mi querida mamá por todo su apoyo. I wish to thank everyone who read the manuscript before publication for their positive responses and helpful suggestions. I appreciate, as well, the support and interest of my editors at the University of Illinois Press,Kendra Boileau andWillis Regier.The technical assistance given by Pierre-Louis Houle is much appreciated . I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many individuals from institutions around the world who have invited me to speak on the subject of the cultural life of the senses. I am grateful to the Canadian Centre forArchitecture, and to Phyllis Lambert and Mirko Zardini in particular, for inviting me to be a visiting scholar at the Centre and thereby enabling me to deepen my knowledge of the histories of art and architecture. Part of the research for this book was funded by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.While most of the book is based on new research, chapter 4 makes use of some material from chapters 3 and 4 in my book The Color of Angels: Cosmology, Gender and the Aesthetic Imagination (Routledge, 1998) and the sections on craftwork and museums in chapter 6 build on my essays “FeminineTactics” and “Touch in the Museum” in my edited anthology The Book ofTouch (Berg, 2005). Classen_Text.indd 9 3/15/12 2:48 PM Classen_Text.indd 10 3/15/12 2:48 PM ...