Foul bodies cleanliness in early America / [electronic resource] :
Kathleen M. Brown.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
- xiv, 450 p. : ill.
- Society and the sexes in the modern world .
- Society and the sexes in the modern world. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-435) and index.
Caring for the early modern body -- Skin -- Corruption -- Empire's new clothes -- Gentility -- Virtue -- Reimagining sickness and health -- Healing housework -- Redemption -- Laborers -- Immersion -- Mission.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.