Dirt is waste, excrement and rubbish, but what then is soil? Is cleanliness next to godliness or sterility? And in a throwaway society, does the battle against dirt depend on an exploited and half-seen underclass of cleaners?
Published by Profile Books to coincide with Wellcome Collection's major exhibition 'Dirt', and lavishly illustrated with images from Collection archives, this provocative book features specially commissioned essays and a short graphic novel section on the significance and implications of dirt – from the microbial to the environmental.
- Date published
- Format
- Paperback
- Extent
- 256pp
- ISBN
- 9781846684791