A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene (2021)

March 19th, 20210h 52min

Documentary, History, TV Movie
65%

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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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