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Spas : the cultural economy of hospitality, magic and the senses /

From 17th-century Sweden to the present time, this remarkable volume provides a historical perspective on the manner in which hospitality has developed from a private right and obligation to a commercialized product. Examining the ways religion, belief, and notions of health and wellness have been i...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Dell, Tom
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Nordic Academic Press, 2010.
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505 0 |a Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Spas; The cultural economy; The rise of the ephemeral; The spas; The organization of the book; 2. Spas and the Shifting Context of Conditional Hospitality; Hospitality: rights and obligations; Private spaces and ulterior motives; Hospital -ity; Leisure and the opening of hospitable spaces; Commercializing hospitality; Demise and rebirth; 3. Magic, Ritual, and the Mass Production of Serenity; A general theory of magic; Profane openings into the realm of rejuvenation; Promising the impossible?; The materiality of spell-casting: making sanctuaries. 
505 8 |a Magical rites and production ex nihiloFloating rites; Magical representations; But is it really magic?; 4. Spa Sensibilities; Emotion, culture, and corporeality; Material culture and sensual communication; Organizational space and mobile bodies; Hospitality and invisibility; 5. Bringing the Spa Home; Sensescaping the home; More than hygiene; Bigger, bubblier, and better; Back to nature; Enter the stranger; Notes; References. 
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