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OverviewMurky waters challenges the refined image of spa towns in eighteenth-century Britain by unveiling darker and more ambivalent contemporary representations. It reasserts the centrality of health in British spas by looking at disease, the representation of treatment and the social networks of care woven into spa towns. The book explores the great variety of medical and literary discourses on the numerous British spas in the long eighteenth century and offers a rare look at spas beyond Bath. Following the thread of 'murkiness', it explores the underwater culture of spas, from the gender fluidity of users to the local and national political dimensions, as well as the financial risks taken by gamblers and investors. It thus brings a fresh look at mineral waters and a pinch of salt to health-related discourses. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sophie VassetPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.354kg ISBN: 9781526178824ISBN 10: 1526178826 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 30 April 2024 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available, will be POD  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon it's release. This is a print on demand item which is still yet to be released. Table of ContentsReviews'Murky Waters makes a convincing and fascinating case for the spa as an ambivalent, contradictory, space that melded nostalgia and bucolic landscapes with subversive potential: a venue for gossip, sexual experimentation, and forging new and radical political alliances.' Jennifer Wallis, Northern History -- . Author InformationSophie Vasset is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at the Institute for Research on the Renaissance, Classical Age and Enlightenment, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 -- . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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