The Dirt On Clean
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The Dirt On Clean
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Author : Katherine Ashenburg
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Books Canada
Release Date : 2008-10-28
The Dirt On Clean written by Katherine Ashenburg and has been published by Vintage Books Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-28 with History categories.
For the first-century Roman, being clean meant a public two-hour soak in baths of various temperatures, a scraping of the body with a miniature rake, and a final application of oil. For the seventeenth-century aristocratic Frenchman, it meant changing his shirt once a day, using perfume to obliterate both his own aroma and everyone else’s, but never immersing himself in – horrors! – water. By the early 1900s, an extraordinary idea took hold in North America – that frequent bathing, perhaps even a daily bath, was advisable. Not since the Roman Empire had people been so clean, and standards became even more extreme as the millennium approached. Now we live in a deodorized world where germophobes shake hands with their elbows and where sales of hand sanitizers, wipes and sprays are skyrocketing. The apparently routine task of taking up soap and water (or not) is Katherine Ashenburg’s starting point for a unique exploration of Western culture, which yields surprising insights into our notions of privacy, health, individuality, religion and sexuality. Ashenburg searches for clean and dirty in plague-ridden streets, medieval steam baths, castles and tenements, and in bathrooms of every description. She reveals the bizarre rescriptions of history’s doctors as well as the hygienic peccadilloes of kings, mistresses, monks and ordinary citizens, and guides us through the twists and turns to our own understanding of clean, which is no more rational than the rest. Filled with amusing anecdotes and quotations from the great bathers of history, The Dirt on Clean takes us on a journey that is by turns intriguing, humorous, startling and not always for the squeamish. Ashenburg’s tour of history’s baths and bathrooms reveals much about our changing and most intimate selves – what we desire, what we ignore, what we fear, and a significant part of who we are. From the Hardcover edition.
The Dirt On Clean
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Author : Katherine Ashenburg
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Release Date : 2010-05-21
The Dirt On Clean written by Katherine Ashenburg and has been published by Vintage Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-21 with History categories.
For the first-century Roman, being clean meant a public two-hour soak in baths of various temperatures, a scraping of the body with a miniature rake, and a final application of oil. For the seventeenth-century aristocratic Frenchman, it meant changing his shirt once a day, using perfume to obliterate both his own aroma and everyone else’s, but never immersing himself in – horrors! – water. By the early 1900s, an extraordinary idea took hold in North America – that frequent bathing, perhaps even a daily bath, was advisable. Not since the Roman Empire had people been so clean, and standards became even more extreme as the millennium approached. Now we live in a deodorized world where germophobes shake hands with their elbows and where sales of hand sanitizers, wipes and sprays are skyrocketing. The apparently routine task of taking up soap and water (or not) is Katherine Ashenburg’s starting point for a unique exploration of Western culture, which yields surprising insights into our notions of privacy, health, individuality, religion and sexuality. Ashenburg searches for clean and dirty in plague-ridden streets, medieval steam baths, castles and tenements, and in bathrooms of every description. She reveals the bizarre rescriptions of history’s doctors as well as the hygienic peccadilloes of kings, mistresses, monks and ordinary citizens, and guides us through the twists and turns to our own understanding of clean, which is no more rational than the rest. Filled with amusing anecdotes and quotations from the great bathers of history, The Dirt on Clean takes us on a journey that is by turns intriguing, humorous, startling and not always for the squeamish. Ashenburg’s tour of history’s baths and bathrooms reveals much about our changing and most intimate selves – what we desire, what we ignore, what we fear, and a significant part of who we are.
All The Dirt
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Author : Katherine Ashenburg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
All The Dirt written by Katherine Ashenburg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Presents information about personal cleanliness in different historical periods and cultures from around the world, examining the widely varying conceptions of what cleanliness has meant in different times and places.--
Summary Of Katherine Ashenburg S The Dirt On Clean
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-05-22T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Katherine Ashenburg S The Dirt On Clean written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-22T22:59:00Z with Social Science categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Odyssey is a book full of departures and arrivals. It is the story of Odysseus, who struggles for a decade to return home after the Trojan War, and his son, Telemachus, who searches for his father. #2 When Odysseus visited the palace of King Alcinoos, the king ordered his queen, Arete, to draw a bath for their guest. Homer describes it in the deliberate, formulaic terms reserved for important customs. #3 The Odyssey is a tall tale, but it does describe the power of the bath. It turns nice-looking young men into near-divinities, and Odysseus gains strength and height when his old nurse bathes him. #4 The Odyssey is a book about Odysseus, who is away from home for twenty years. When he returns, he finds his father, Laertes, digging in his vineyard. Laertes’ clothes are dirty and patched, and he is wearing a goatskin hat, an emblem of rustic poverty.
Clean
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Author : Katherine Ashenburg
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2011-01-06
Clean written by Katherine Ashenburg and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-06 with History categories.
'I return to Paris in five days. Stop washing.' So wrote Napoleon to Josephine in an age when body odour was considered an aphrodisiac. In stark contrast, the Romans used to bath for hours each day. Ashenburg's investigation of history's ambivalence towards personal hygiene takes her through plague-ridden streets, hospitals and battlefields. From the bizarre prescriptions of doctors to the eccentricities of famous bathers, she presents us with all the twists and turns that have led us to our own, arbitrary notion of 'clean'.
To Clean The House You Must See The Dirt
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Author : Clarence W Fell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-02-17
To Clean The House You Must See The Dirt written by Clarence W Fell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-17 with categories.
Excerpts from the book...In order to clean the house, you must see the dirt. Cleaning house is not usually fun and entertaining. Children do not get excited when momma says it's time to clean house. Many people postpone it, procrastinate, or just ignore the dirt. In time they develop blind spots and do not see the dirt. They think they are doing themselves a favor because their blind spots keep them from doing the unpleasant work of cleaning the house. After all, if they don't see the dirt then why get all dirty and sweaty cleaning house. It is easier to simply pretend that the dirt doesn't exist....But living in a dirty house has its drawbacks. It might cause health problems. Clutter could be a falling hazard. It may also cause feelings of loneliness and rejection when other people choose to avoid the dirty house. ...Jesus told the Pharisees that they had a dirty "house." Jesus was not being mean. He was trying to help the Pharisees and everyone else, because if we want to clean the house, we must see the dirt. It might not be pleasant. It may initially require work, but in the long run it leads to a happier and healthier life....Imagine a person that wants their house to be as clean, healthy, and happy as possible. This person is not only looking for obvious dirt, but also looking for the little things, the hidden dirt. They may also identify things that they need to upgrade or remodel. Some things may not be dirty, but just old and outdated. ... The Pharisees made the common mistake of focusing on other houses and ignoring their own. They held people to higher standard than they expected of themselves. It was all merely a ploy to divert attention away from their own problems. As long as they could point their finger at other people, they could feel spiritual without actually doing the hard work of spirituality.... The Pharisees made a room look great by stuffing things behind the couch and sweeping things under the rug. As long as no one opened a closet door, the house looked clean and organized.... They were obsessed with their outer appearance and ignored terminal spiritual problems. They did not want a clean house. They did not want to take the spiritual journey. They only wanted the praise of men. As long as they had applause, they had what they wanted. ... When the Pharisees brought someone into their house, they taught that person not to see the dirt. They did not teach converts how to clean house, but how to ignore the dirt. Instead of leading a convert closer to God, they lead converts away from God. ... The Pharisees played by their own rules. They saw what they wanted to see in the Scriptures. They chose their make-believe truth over God's eternal truth. They may have felt warm and cozy within their mutual admiration society, but their joy was temporary.... The Pharisees were not corrupt in every possible way. They kept some of God's law, but they cherry picked which laws they would keep.... When someone tried to help the Pharisees, they not only rejected the help, but persecuted the help. They would not listen to anything but praise and adoration. They counted themselves above the need for correction...."In order to clean the house, you have to see the dirt," there is no way around this simple saying. Most people do not get excited about it, but it is exciting to those people that truly want a clean house. They will not postpone and procrastinate. They will not ignore the dirt. They will do themselves a true favor, an eternal favor, and engage the work of "working out their own salvation with fear and trembling.," (Philippian 2:12)
A Philosophy Of Dirt
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Author : Olli Lagerspetz
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2018-02-15
A Philosophy Of Dirt written by Olli Lagerspetz and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-15 with Philosophy categories.
What is dirt, and what does it really mean to be dirty or clean? Dirt and cleaning are often associated with ideas of guilt, otherness, and social control, but also with living responsibly and in harmony with the environment. In this learned, innovative study, Olli Lagerspetz offers a persuasive discussion of dirt and its ramifications across philosophy and culture. Writing with wit and grit, he argues that questions of dirt and soiling can neither be reduced to hygiene nor to ritual pollution. Instead, they are integral to almost every human activity. As participants in material culture, we not only produce things and dispose of them, but we also engage with them practically, aesthetically, and morally. Everything, in essence, comes back to dirt and waste. Ranging through subjects and times, from Heraclitus of Ephesus to the Renaissance (via Heidegger and Mary Douglas), from the hygienic products of modernity to abject art, Lagerspetz constantly questions current thinking on all subjects most foul. Proposing a new view of dirt based on our physical engagement with the world, A Philosophy of Dirt is essential reading for all students of philosophy and for anyone who’s felt soiled—and wants to know why.
Let Them Eat Dirt
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Author : Dr. B. Brett Finlay
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-09-20
Let Them Eat Dirt written by Dr. B. Brett Finlay and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-20 with Family & Relationships categories.
“A must-read . . . Takes you inside a child’s gut and shows you how to give kids the best immune start early in life.” —William Sears, MD, coauthor of The Baby Book Like the culture-changing Last Child in the Woods, here is the first parenting book to apply the latest cutting-edge scientific research about the human microbiome to the way we raise our children. In the two hundred years since we discovered that microbes cause infectious diseases, we’ve battled to keep them at bay. But a recent explosion of scientific knowledge has led to undeniable evidence that early exposure to these organisms is beneficial to a child’s well-being. Our modern lifestyle, with its emphasis on hyper-cleanliness, is taking a toll on children’s lifelong health. In this engaging and important book, microbiologists Brett Finlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta explain how the trillions of microbes that live in and on our bodies influence childhood development; why an imbalance of those microbes can lead to obesity, diabetes, and asthma, among other chronic conditions; and what parents can do--from conception on--to positively affect their own behaviors and those of their children. They describe how natural childbirth, breastfeeding, and solid foods influence children’s microbiota. They also offer practical advice on matters such as whether to sterilize food implements for babies, the use of antibiotics, the safety of vaccines, and why having pets is a good idea. Forward-thinking and revelatory, Let Them Eat Dirt is an essential book in helping us to nurture stronger, more resilient, happy, and healthy kids.
Dirt Clean
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Author : Judith Amanthis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11
Dirt Clean written by Judith Amanthis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11 with categories.
The Queen Of Clean S Complete Cleaning Guide
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Author : Linda Cobb
language : en
Publisher: Rodale
Release Date : 2002-01-01
The Queen Of Clean S Complete Cleaning Guide written by Linda Cobb and has been published by Rodale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with House & Home categories.