Body Odor and Biopolitics: Characterizing Smell in Neoliberal America

by Nat Lazakis

Originally rooted in stereotypes about race and class, the modern norm of bodily odorlessness emerged amid 19th and early 20-century developments in urban sanitation, labor relations and product marketing. Today, discrimination against strong-smelling people includes spatial segregation and termination from employment yet goes unchallenged by social justice movements.

This book examines how neoliberal rhetoric legitimizes treating strong-smelling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147668328X
• ISBN13: 9781476683287
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up