Clean : a history of personal hygiene and purity
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Virginia Smith
- ناشر : Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9780199297795
Description
Contents: Bio-physicality -- The cosmetic toilette -- Greek hygiene -- Roman baths -- Asceticism -- Medieval morals -- Protestant regimens -- Civil cleanliness -- Health crusaders -- The body beautiful.
Summary:
"Using first-hand accounts and sources, Clean unfolds the long history of personal hygiene and purity from pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, from medieval ascetics to 21st century cosmetics."--Jacket.
"Using first-hand accounts and sources, Clean unfolds the long history of personal hygiene and purity from pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, from medieval ascetics to 21st century cosmetics."--Jacket.
