Ideals of the body : architecture, urbanism, and hygiene in postrevolutionary Paris /

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Modern hygienic urbanism originated in the airy boulevards, public parks, and sewer system that transformed the Parisian cityscape in the mid-nineteenth century. Yet these well-known developments in public health built on a previous moment of anxiety about the hygiene of modern city dwellers. Amid f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Park, Sun Young (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Series:Culture, politics, and the built environment.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Architecture and society > France > Paris > 19th century.
Public spaces > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Hygiene > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Architecture et société > France > Paris > 19e siècle.
Espaces publics > France > Paris > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Hygiène > France > Paris > Histoire > 19e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
Architecture and society.
Hygiene.
Public spaces.
France > Paris.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The soldier : regenerating nation and masculinity in the military gymnasium
  • The schoolboy : forming citizens, between the schoolroom and the barracks
  • The demoiselle : reconstructing gender in the educational space
  • The lionne : pursuing health and pleasure in leisure gardens
  • The sportsman : shaping bourgeois bodies in urban recreational grounds
  • Epilogue. Rereading the capital of modernity.

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