عنوان

Foul bodies :

(Number (ISBN

0300160275

(Number (ISBN

9780300160277

Erroneous ISBN

0300106181

Erroneous ISBN

1282352075

Erroneous ISBN

9780300106183

Erroneous ISBN

9781282352070

Number

b738072

Title Proper

Foul bodies :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

cleanliness in early America /

First Statement of Responsibility

Kathleen M. Brown.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Haven :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Yale University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xiv, 450 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Series Title

Society and the sexes in the modern world

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-435) and index.

Text of Note

Caring for the early modern body -- Skin -- Corruption -- Empire's new clothes -- Gentility -- Virtue -- Reimagining sickness and health -- Healing housework -- Redemption -- Laborers -- Immersion -- Mission.

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Text of Note

A nation's standards of private cleanliness reveal much about its ideals of civilization, fears of disease, and expectations for public life, says Kathleen Brown in this unusual cultural history. Starting with the shake-up of European practices that coincided with Atlantic expansion, she traces attitudes toward "dirt" through the mid-nineteenth century, demonstrating that cleanliness--and the lack of it--had moral, religious, and often sexual implications. Brown contends that care of the body is not simply a private matter but an expression of cultural ideals that reflect the fundamental values of a society. The book explores early America's evolving perceptions of cleanliness, along the way analyzing the connections between changing public expectations for appearance and manners, and the backstage work of grooming, laundering, and housecleaning performed by women. Brown provides an intimate view of cleanliness practices and how such forces as urbanization, immigration, market conditions, and concerns about social mobility influenced them. Broad in historical scope and imaginative in its insights, this book expands the topic of cleanliness to encompass much larger issues, including religion, health, gender, class, and race relations.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

22573/ctt111g5r

Stock Number

43346929-4E85-4833-B768-794B96AFCECF

Title

Foul bodies.

International Standard Book Number

9780300106183

Hygiene-- United States-- History-- 18th century.

Hygiene-- United States-- History-- 19th century.

Cultural Evolution.

History, 17th Century.

History, 18th Century.

History, 19th Century.

Human Body.

Hygiene-- history.

HEALTH & FITNESS-- Healthy Living.

Hygiene.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.

United States.

United States.

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HEA-- 010000

K

SOC002010

SOC005000

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Book Number

Brown, Kathleen M.,1960-

Date of Transaction

20201203231548.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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