Article ID: CBB687778607

Rotting Fish in Paradise: Putrefaction, Ecophobia, and Olfactory Imaginations of Southern California (2017)

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Southern California scholars have been engaged in criticizing and analyzing the myth of the California dream for decades, yet none of these scholars have analyzed the importance of smell to that myth. Drawing from written historical accounts of the smells from two Southern California locales, this essay argues that odor has been important in the production, maintenance, and imagination of California as paradise.

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Authors & Contributors
Allyson C. DeMaagd
Spackman, Christy C. W.
Jones, Jamie L.
Victoria Lush
Leitão, Henrique
Patrick Ellis
Concepts
Senses and sensation; perception
Smell; olfactory perception
Geographical perception
Biodegradation; decomposition (biology); decay
Taste; gustatory perception
Science and culture
Time Periods
17th century
21st century
20th century
19th century
Medieval
18th century
Places
United States
California (U.S.)
Strait of Magellan
West Virginia (U.S.)
Western states (U.S.)
England
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