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Concepts of cleanliness : changing attitudes in France since the Middle Ages / Georges Vigarello ; translated by Jean Birrell.
Author
Vigarello, Georges
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Uniform title
Propre et le sale.
English
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press ; Paris : Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1988.
Description
ix, 239 pages ; 23 cm
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Architecture Library - Stacks
GT2846.F7 V5413 1988q Oversize
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GT2846.F7 V5413 1988
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Subject(s)
Bathing customs
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France
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History
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Hygiene
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Social aspects
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France
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Related name
Birrell, Jean
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Notes
Translation of: Le propre et le sale.
(UES) copy is 22 x 29 cm. photocopy.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part 1. From Water for Pleasure to Water as Threat: 1. The water that infiltrated
2. The disappearance of certain practices
3. The old pleasures of water
Part 2. The Linen That Washed: 4. What was covered and what was seen
5. The skin and white linen
6. Appearances
Part 3. From Water That Penentrated To Water That Strengthened: 7. A pleasant sensation on the skin
8. Cold and the new vigour
9. Nature and artifice
10. The stench of towns and people
11. All-over baths and local washing
Part 4. The Water That Protected: 12. The functions of the skin
13. Water's itineraries
14. The pastoral of poverty
15. The children of pasteur
16. Installations and privacy.
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ISBN
0521342481
9780521342483
2735102343 ((France))
9782735102341 ((France))
LCCN
88004125
OCLC
17619722
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