Foul bodies
Subtitle: cleanliness in early America
By: Kathleen M. Brown.
Series: Society and the sexes in the modern world
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780300106183
Subjects: Hygiene -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Hygiene -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Hygiene -- history -- United States; Cultural Evolution -- United States; History, 17th Century -- United States; History, 18th Century -- United States; History, 19th Century -- United States; Human Body -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Caring for the early modern body; title: Skin; title: Corruption; title: Empire's new clothes; title: Gentility; title: Virtue; title: Reimagining sickness and health; title: Healing housework; title: Redemption; title: Laborers; title: Immersion; title: Mission.