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… the emblematic figure of the master of ceremonies. The entry ends on a more recent historiographical idea on the role of gender in spa societies, and their specificities as a place for soft politics. Places > Health Mots-clés Assemblies … Beau Nash and the Invention of Bath (London: Profile, 2005). Real bonds, imaginary spaces Seen through the lens of gender history, spa towns are distinctive for their highly gendered spaces. They enabled women to interact more easily, perhaps, than they usually did. First of all, they could …
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