ACFM Trip 52: Cleaning
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Cleanliness and Culture: From Humours to Punk
This chapter examines the historical views on health and cleanliness before the advent of germ theory, focusing on the influence of humoural theories in Europe. It also features an analysis of X-Ray Spex's song 'Germ-Free Adolescence' as a commentary on consumerism and societal fixation with hygiene during the late 1970s.
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