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Traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. 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.
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A Brief History of Nakedness, Philip Carr-Gomm
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- A Brief History of Nakedness
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Philip Carr-Gomm
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1780230222
- ISBN13
- 9781780230221
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, History, Art, Psychology, Photography, Sexuality & Intimacy, Microhistory
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- Description
- Traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. 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.