A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

2021 6.5 (2 votes) 0h 52m

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Documentary History TV Movie

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ARTE
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Gruppe 5

A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene (Auf Leben und Tod – Meilensteine der Hygiene)

Overview

Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.