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Equally ignored in most literature on communication are the gustatory and olfactory rhetorics that we employ on a daily basis. Yet these signals help regulate our appetite, our sense of home and place, and even our openness to sexual intercourse. From an evolutionary standpoint, they are senses that greatly contribute to our ability to cooperate and carry on our genes to the next generation.
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Parrish, A.C. (2021). Gustatory and Olfactory Rhetorics. In: The Sensory Modes of Animal Rhetorics. Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76712-9_7
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