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A Brief History of Nakedness by Philip Carr-Gomm (English) Paperback Book
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- ISBN
- 9781780230221
- Book Title
- Brief History of Nakedness
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, The Limited
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- History, Social Science, Performing Arts
- Topic
- General
- Item Weight
- 26.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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As one common story goes, Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, had no idea that there was any shame in their lack of clothes; they were perfectly confident in their birthday suits among the animals of the Garden of Eden. All was well until that day when they ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and went scrambling for fig leaves to cover their bodies. Since then, lucrative businesses have arisen to provide many stylish ways to cover our nakedness, for the naked human body now evokes powerful and often contradictory ideas--it thrills and revolts us, signifies innocence and sexual experience, and often marks the difference between nature and society. In A Brief History of Nakedness psychologist Philip Carr-Gomm traces our inescapable preoccupation with nudity. Rather than studying the history of the nude in art or detailing the ways in which the naked body has been denigrated in the media, A Brief History of Nakedness reveals the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protesters, and cultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves as well as entertain us. Among his many examples, Carr-Gomm discusses how advertisers and the media employ images of bare skin--or even simply the word "naked"--to garner our attention, how mystics have used nudity to get closer to God, and how political protesters have discovered that baring all is one of the most effective ways to gain publicity for their cause. Carr-Gomm investigates how this use of something as natural as nakedness actually gets under our skin and evokes complicated and complex emotional responses. From the naked sages of India to modern-day witches and Christian nudists, from Lady Godiva to Lady Gaga, A Brief History of Nakedness surveys the touching, sometimes tragic and often bizarre story of our relationships with our naked bodies.
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Publisher
Reaktion Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
1780230222
ISBN-13
9781780230221
eBay Product ID (ePID)
79218624
Product Key Features
Book Title
Brief History of Nakedness
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History, Social Science, Performing Arts
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
26.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
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'Once you've finished this thought-provoking book, go back to the mirror. Slip off the bathrobe and have another look. Unless you were reading it in the waiting room of a plastic surgeon, nothing much will have changed. Yet something seems different. If it weren't anatomically impossible, you'd swear your whole body was smiling.' , 'Being naked in public can be fun, or naughty, or provocative, or health-giving, or political. It is almost always illegal. And, as anyone who has visited a nudist resort can testify, it is rarely, if ever, sexy. But, as Philip Carr-Gomm reveals in his academic romp through two millenniums of public exhibitionism from the ancient Greeks to animal-rights activists, you can be naked anywhere. You are only nude if someone is watching. Nakedness on its own is straightforward it's the context and the audience of nudity that make it interesting . . . wonderful illustrations'
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378
Dewey Decimal
306.4
Lc Classification Number
Gn298
Table of Content
Introduction: Bharat's Mirror 1 Clothed with the Sky 2 Beside the Jhelum and the Jordan 3 Naked Rebellion 4 The Prime Minister of Britain has Nothing to Conceal 5 The Death of Shame 6 The Hero's Return Postscript References Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index
Copyright Date
2010
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