ISBN-13: 978-1-86189-647-6
Writer: Philip Carr-Gomm
Title: A Brief History Of Nakedness
Language: English
Place of Publication: London
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Date of Publication: 2010
Format: 163x240 mm
Pages: 286
Illustrations: 143 colour and black and white plates and pictures
Front Cover Background Photo: VikaValter/iStockphoto LP
Binding: Hardcover in duotone dust jacket
Weight: 852gr.
Price: GBP19.95 / USD29.95 + P&P
Entry No: 2010014
Entry Date: 17th August 2010
Writer: Philip Carr-Gomm
Title: A Brief History Of Nakedness
Language: English
Place of Publication: London
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Date of Publication: 2010
Format: 163x240 mm
Pages: 286
Illustrations: 143 colour and black and white plates and pictures
Front Cover Background Photo: VikaValter/iStockphoto LP
Binding: Hardcover in duotone dust jacket
Weight: 852gr.
Price: GBP19.95 / USD29.95 + P&P
Entry No: 2010014
Entry Date: 17th August 2010
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Confrontations with naked human bodies can provoke powerful, and often contradictory, impressions and feelings. Just as they might either thrill or revolt, they can signal innocence or sexiness, frankness or madness, a oneness with nature or a separation from society. Advertisers and the media are very aware of the complex and highly subjective associations that most of us have towards nakedness, and use images incessantly to compete for our attention. Yet mystics have embraced nudity to get closer to God, while political activists have discovered that baring all is of the most effective ways to gain publicity for a cause.
In A Brief History of Nakedness, Philip Carr-Gomm traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. Rather than study the history of the fine-art nude, or detail the ways in which the naked body has been denigrated or imprisoned, this book explores new territory – revealing the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protestors and cultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves, or simply to entertain us.
From the naked sages of India and St Francis of Assisi to modern-day witches and Christian nudists, from The Full Monty and Calendar Girls to Lady Godiva and Lady Gaga. A Brief History of Nakedness surveys the touching, sometimes tragic, and often bizarre story of our relationship with our own and with others’ naked bodies.
In A Brief History of Nakedness, Philip Carr-Gomm traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. Rather than study the history of the fine-art nude, or detail the ways in which the naked body has been denigrated or imprisoned, this book explores new territory – revealing the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protestors and cultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves, or simply to entertain us.
From the naked sages of India and St Francis of Assisi to modern-day witches and Christian nudists, from The Full Monty and Calendar Girls to Lady Godiva and Lady Gaga. A Brief History of Nakedness surveys the touching, sometimes tragic, and often bizarre story of our relationship with our own and with others’ naked bodies.
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