Spectacles of Waste

by Warwick Anderson

The modern bathroom is an ingenious compilation of locked doors, smooth porcelain, 4-ply tissue and antibacterial hand soap, but despite this miracle of indoor plumbing, we still can't bear the thought that anyone else should know that our bodies produce waste. Why must we live by the rules of this intense scatological embarrassment?

In Spectacles of Waste, leading historian of medicine Warwick Anderson reveals how human excrement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509557407
• ISBN13: 9781509557400
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 184 Pages