Book ID: CBB701919625

Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (2021)

unapi

Dib, Antoine (Editor)


Aracne


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 300 pp.
Language: English

«Wherever you are and whatever you do, I am pretty sure that you know the pleasure and the benefits of taking a bath. Maybe for this reason, the ancient texts believed that our habitable world, before starting its long, long journey, was submerged in primordial water. And maybe, for the same reason, we are born after a warm and safe bath; and no doubt that everyone of us is still searching for that amiable warmth. Thus, baths, especially public baths, surge as a lovely shortcut to this far and unreachable moment. In this interesting and culturally rich book, several authors from seven countries (Colombia, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Serbia, Spain, Turkey) and from different backgrounds are providing the reader with important information regarding public baths in many regions for appreciating the subject and its diversity […]». With these words, Antoine Dib invites the reader to dive into an extraordinary reading to discover unknown and fascinated sites where the culture of the thermal bath and the water has always been an important resource for the welfare of the communities. This book represents an interesting journey between Orient and Occident, through the history, the geography, the traditions and the customs, from ancient Romans times to the modern days. In this book, the reader will examine the importance of the public baths or Hammams in the middle east; the Turkish baths in the history of this fantastic country; the rich cultural Serbian heritage through its bathhouses; then, the reader will appreciate the thermal heritage in Italy in natural and manmade sites; the Aztec and Mayan traditions in the use of the hot springs and sweat baths in Mexico and the different types of baths in Japan like Onsen, Sento, and the relation between the Japanese thermal landscape and art.

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Chapter Suzanne Akkary (2021) Public baths in Arab society: a space of scenes, celebrations and revelations. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 75-104). unapi

Chapter Antoine Dib (2021) Scenes of life from bathhouses around the world as described by 26 travellers between 921CE and 1908CE. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 27-62). unapi

Chapter Eleonora Fiorentino; Giorgio Peghin; Andrea Scalas (2021) Paesaggi termali. L'acqua come bene comune e dispositivo generatore dei luoghi. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 241-262). unapi

Chapter Kevin Alexander Echeverry B. (2021) Public baths in Japan. Art and tradition. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 223-240). unapi

Chapter Marco Di Salvo; Emanuela Ferretti (2021) Rievocare l'antico: nuove linee interpretative per l'«edificium thermarum» di Leon Battista Alberti. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 159-180). unapi

Chapter Antoine Dib; Mira Minkara (2021) A view on traditionial public baths in Islamic cities through the baths of Tripoli in Lebanon. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 181-204). unapi

Chapter Nuria Matarredona Desantes (2021) Understanding the Temascal. Architecture evolution of Maya steambaths. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 131-158). unapi

Chapter Kudret Altun; Müjgan Bekdaş (2021) Purity and clarity. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 63-74). unapi

Chapter Edmundo Arturo Figueroa Viruega; Minerva Rodríguez Licea (2021) El Peñón de los Baños, tradición prehispánica que perdura hasta la actualidad. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 105-130). unapi

Chapter Rossella Maspoli (2021) Evolution, role and potential of public baths in the post-Fordist western city. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 205-222). unapi

Chapter Elena Vasić Petrović; Hristina Krstić; Ana Momčilović Petronijević (2021) 2000 years of hot water convenience in Serbia. In: Public Baths in the World: Between Tradition and Contemporaneity (pp. 263-282). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Dib, Antoine
Fiorentino, Eleonora
Krstić, Hristina
Petitjean, Beth Ann
Momčilović Petronijević, Ana
Matarredona Desantes, Nuria
Concepts
Water
Medicine
Public health
Baths, public
Medicine and culture
Health resorts, watering-places, etc.
Time Periods
Renaissance
16th century
Medieval
20th century
19th century
Early modern
Places
Italy
Europe
Lebanon
England
Turkey
Russia
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