A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene (2021)
• March 19th, 2021 • 0h 52min
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Overview
Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.
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