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Syracuse University Press

The Hammam through Time and Space

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Product Code: 9780815638315
ISBN13: 9780815638315
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The Hammam through Time and Space

$129.53
 
Julie Peteet offers a fascinating tour through the rich cultural history of hammams, or baths, in the Mediterranean and Middle East. These sacred structures date back to the Bronze and Iron Ages and have evolved through the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic periods. In this original work, Peteet provides the first comprehensive examination of hammams through their architecture, the labor pool, clientele, meanings, notions of the body and hygiene, and economy. Exploring the hammam as both a tangible architectural structure and an intangible social practice, Peteet sheds light on how the bath has functioned as a central hub of religious ceremonies and a space that transcends any specific religious affiliation. Although hammams have experienced a decline due to modernization, new domestic technologies, and rejection of the Ottoman-Islamic past, their current reinvigorated form illuminates neoliberal conceptions of heritage and leisure industries. Hammams have become spaces for cleansing and fashioning a gendered and aesthetically appropriate body as defined by a global wellness syndrome. Peteet?s captivating narrative traces the hammam?s historical significance and contemporary role as both a sacred and profane cultural phenomenon.


Author: Julie Peteet
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication Date: May 15, 2024
Number of Pages: NA pages
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0815638310
ISBN-13: 9780815638315
 

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