Abstract:OverviewThis chapter sets domestic bathing in a broad context -the large and increasing overload of the planet's ecology by human activity. (This overload is indeed so marked that the term Anthropocene is widely used for a new geological epoch in which human infl uence is a major factor.) The domestic bathing practices of prosperous, westernised people are extravagant, mainly through the use of large amounts of water and energy. Ways in which bathing can remain pleasurable and hygienic yet use an order of magn… Show more
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