DAVID HOWES is Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University and the general editor of the Sensory Formations series from Berg. He is the author of "Sensual Relations: Engaging the Senses in Culture and Social Theory", co-author (with Constance Classen and Anthony Synnott) of "Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell", and editor of "Empire of the Senses: The Sensual Culture Reader", among other works.