Victorian Turkish bath
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editVictorian Turkish bath (plural Victorian Turkish baths)
- A bathing procedure in which the bather sweats freely in a room heated by hot dry air (or in a series of two or three such rooms maintained at progressively higher temperatures), usually followed by a cold plunge, a full body wash and massage, and a final period of relaxation in a cooling-room.
- 2007 March, Susan Aykut, “Washing from the inside out: Turkish baths down under”, in TASA Review (The Asian Arts Society of Australia), volume 16/1, page 11:
- The system of heating used in Victorian Turkish baths, however, differed dramatically from the Turkish model.
- 2008, Efterpi Mitsi, “Private rituals and public selves”, in Teresa Gómez Reus, Aránzazu Usandizaga, editors, Inside out: women negotiating, subverting, appropriating public and private space, Rodopi, , page 59:
- The Victorian Turkish bath was really a re-invention of the Roman bath, as the dryness of the air distinguishes it from the orignal hammams.
- 2020 Fall, Burkay Pasin, “The east in the west: Victorian Turkish baths in the British Isles”, in Hammam Magazine, number 1, page 50:
- Urquhart’s personal attempts, enhanced by a series of publications and lectures on the benefits of the Victorian Turkish bath, were quite effectve in the rapid spread of this institution throughout the British Isles.
- (sometimes in the plural) a specific named establishment offering such baths.
- 2021 July 25, “Turkish Baths Harrogate: the last fully working Victorian Turkish bath in England”, in Atlas Obscura[1], retrieved 25 May 2024:
- Harrogate Victorian Turkish Baths offer guided tours on several weekday mornings where a resident historian will guide you through the building's unique history […]
Further reading
edit- Victorian Turkish baths on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Turkish Bath (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia