A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

Name: A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene
Director: Christian Feyerabend
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2021-03-19
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Tobias Meister, Karl-Heinz Leven, Klaus Bergdolt, Mathieu Da Vinha, Harald Seifert

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A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

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Released

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2021-03-19

A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.

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