Clean : a history of personal hygiene and purity / Virginia Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Virginia, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hygiene--History.

Hygiene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, from ascetics to cosmetics, 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.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Bio-physicality; 2. The Cosmetic Toilette; 3. Greek Hygiene; 4. Roman Baths; 5. Asceticism; 6. Medieval Morals; 7. Protestant Regimens; 8. Civil Cleanliness; 9. Health Crusaders; 10. The Body Beautiful; Notes; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements of Sources; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-436) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04422-8

0-19-157993-9

1-281-15520-9

9786611155209

0-19-153819-1

1-4294-8995-2

OCLC:

476240570