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Dirt : the Filthy Reality of Everyday Life by Rosie Cox; Kate Forde; Rose George; R. H. Horne; Robin Nagle; Elizabeth Pisani; Brian Ralph; Virginia Smith is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Dirt : the Filthy Reality of Everyday Life about?

Dirt, obsessively avoided and often misunderstood, is paradoxically also an indicator of 'civilisation' -- through the scale and variety of our waste. It arouses visceral responses such as disgust and anxiety, and has prompted ingenuity and technology to defeat it, whether through small-scale household appliances or massive engineering triumphs such as London's Main Drainage in the mid nineteenth century. Our relationship with dirt is complex and ambivalent. Dirt is waste, excrement, rubbish, bacteria -- but what then is soil, where crops grow, and to which our own bodies eventually return? Dirt may pose significant risks to our health, but it is also vital to our existence. Is cleanliness next to godliness -- or sterility? And in a throwaway society, does the never-ending battle against dirt depend on an exploited and half-seen underclass of cleaners? Published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, and lavishly illustrated, including many images from the Wellcome's unparalleled archives, this exciting and often startling book is a provocative introduction to a vast and complex subject. Five writers and a graphic novelist pursue different themes

Who reads Dirt : the Filthy Reality of Everyday Life?

Author

Rosie Cox; Kate Forde; Rose George; R. H. Horne; Robin Nagle; Elizabeth Pisani; Brian Ralph; Virginia Smith

Publisher

Wellcome Collection/The Wellcome Trust

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847657428

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Social Science, Science