Clean

An Unsanitised History of Washing

Katherine Ashenburg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2009 | Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84668-101-1 (ISBN)

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Investigates history's ambivalence towards personal hygiene. From the bizarre prescriptions of doctors to the eccentricities of famous bathers, this book presents us with the twists and turns that have led us to our own, arbitrary notion of 'clean'.

'I return to Paris in five days. Stop washing.' So wrote Napoleon to Josephine in an age when body odour was considered an aphrodisiac. In stark contrast, the Romans used to bath for hours each day. Ashenburg's investigation of history's ambivalence towards personal hygiene takes her through plague-ridden streets, hospitals and battlefields. From the bizarre prescriptions of doctors to the eccentricities of famous bathers, she presents us with all the twists and turns that have led us to our own, arbitrary notion of 'clean'.

Katherine Ashenburg has worked as an academic, a radio producer and Arts and Books editor of the Globe and Mail. She has written for the New York Times and her books include The Mourner's Dance: What We Do When People Die. She lives in Toronto.

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 199 mm
Gewicht	321 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Hygiene / Mikrobiologie / Virologie
ISBN-10	1-84668-101-4 / 1846681014
ISBN-13	978-1-84668-101-1 / 9781846681011
Zustand	Neuware