Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… the result of the paradoxical cohabitation of pleasure and pain, of illness and fashion. In Bath, sociability aimed at healing the citizen’s body together with the body politic. Places > Cities Practices > Politics & Society Keywords … enhance the magic of its bucolic scenery. 25 Spa life in Bath was based on openness and revolved around the concepts of healing and encounter – in which ‘the participant has to mount a performance which can match the standards set by the … the result of the paradoxical cohabitation of pleasure and pain, of illness and fashion. In Bath, sociability aimed at healing the citizen’s body together with the body politic. … Borsay, Peter, The Image of Georgian Bath 1700-2000 …
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