Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… citizen’s body together with the body politic. Places > Cities Practices > Politics & Society Keywords Codes Fashion Health Leisure Politeness Ritual Spa The transformation of Bath in the long eighteenth century occurred against a … enjoyed by a man of a ‘polite imagination’ and asserted that ‘the pleasures of the fancy [were] more conducive to health than those of the understanding.’ 3 In their periodical, read by both men and women in places belonging to the … discussed, in particular, gynaecological disorders. 9 Nonetheless, talks in the Pump Room did not only revolve around health matters or gossip, the ‘Bath chat,’ 10 but could also take in their stride political issues 11 such as the …
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