New answers tagged cultural-history
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This is completely hypothetical and quite a bit of guesswork, but around the world you can find examples how fashion or beauty ideals are derived from the lifestyles of the elites. E.g. sun tanning in pre- or post-industrialization Europe or in China, foot binding in China, changing ideals re. body figures etc.
In most cultures, nakedness (esp. partial male ...
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I was told by my step father whose family had orginally been from Iceland that this was a common practice for the "vikings" or raiders to do once settling into new territory before battle in order to ensure that if one of the men had become ill by whatever their immune systems had not been adapted to, all would become sick and either they would be ...
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