Clean : a history of personal hygiene and purity
A pioneering history of personal hygiene and body-care, from the earliest times to the present. From pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, Virginia Smith looks at how different cultures have interpreted and striven for personal cleanliness and shows how, throughout history, this striving for purity has brought great social benefits as well as great tragedies. - ;Why do we still have nits? What exactly are 'purity rules'? And why have baths scarcely changed in 200 years?. The long history of personal hygiene and purity is a fascinating subject that reveals how closely we are linked
Electronic books
1 online resource (viii, 457 pages) : illustrations
9780191538193, 9780199297795, 9781281155207, 9786611155209, 9781429489959, 0191538191, 0199297797, 1281155209, 6611155201, 1429489952
169946364
Bio-physicality
THe cosmetic toilette
Greek hygiene
Roman baths
Asceticism
Medieval morals
Protestant regimens
Civil cleanliness
Health crusaders
THe body beautiful
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011
English
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