This is a stimulating exploration of the cultural, historical and political dimensions of the world of the senses. The book spans a wide range of settings and makes comparisons between different cultures and epochs, revealing the power and diversity of sensory expressions across time and space. Contens: Introduction: Ways and Meanings / Part One: Art and Medicine 1. Mixed Messages: Engaging the Senses in Art 2. Sensuous Healing: The Sensory Practice of Medicine / Part Two: Politics and Law 3. The Politics of Perception: Sensory and Social Ordering 4. The Feel of Justice: Law and the Regulation of Sensation / Part Three: Marketing and Psychology 5. Sense Appeal: The Marketing of Sensation 6. Synaesthesia Unravelled: The Union of the Senses from a Cultural Perspective.