Hammaming in the sham : a journey through the Turkish baths of Damascus, Aleppo and beyond / / Richard Boggs
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Boggs Richard
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| Titolo: |
Hammaming in the sham : a journey through the Turkish baths of Damascus, Aleppo and beyond / / Richard Boggs
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| Pubblicazione: | Reading, United Kingdom : , : Garnet Publishing (UK) Limited, , [2010] |
| ©2010 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 641.595692 |
| Soggetto topico: | Public baths |
| Public baths - Syria | |
| Baths, Turkish | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Syria Social life and customs |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; GLOSSARY; INTRODUCTION; 1 HAMMAMING IN BILAD AL-SHAM; 2 CATHEDRALS OF THE FLESH; 3 ALEPPO AND BEYOND; 4 REVIVAL; EPILOGUE; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Legend has it that Damascus once had 365 hammams or ''Turkish baths'': one for each day of the year. Originally part of an ancient Roman tradition, hammams were absorbed by Islam to such an extent that many became almost annexes to nearby mosques. For centuries, hammams were an integral part of community life, with some 50 hammams surviving in Damascus until the 1950s. Since then, however, with the onslaught of modernization programmes and home bathrooms, many have been demolished; fewer than 20 Damascene working hammams survive today. In ""Hammaming in the Sham"", Richard Boggs travels the le |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hammaming in the sham |
| ISBN: | 1-85964-325-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465444203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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