Profile Books in association with Wellcome Collection,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
216 p. ;
Other Physical Details
col. ill., ports., map ;
Dimensions
23 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Issued to coincide with the DIRT exhibition at Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London from 24 March - 31 August 2011.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
'Dirt' reveals the fascinating world of filth that remains one of the very last taboos.... Following anthropologist Mary Douglas's observation that dirt is 'matter out of place', the exhibition introduces six very different places as a starting point for exploring attitudes towards dirt and cleanliness: a home in 17th-century Delft in Holland, a street in Victorian London, a hospital in Glasgow in the 1860s, a museum in Dresden in the early 20th century, a community in present day New Delhi and a New York landfill site in 2030