ISBN:
9781780230221
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (290 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als A Brief History of Nakedness
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Nudity ; Political aspects
;
Nudity ; Religious aspects
;
Nudity ; Social aspects
;
Nudity in literature
;
Nudity in the performing arts
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Online-Publikation
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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 ex
Description / Table of Contents:
A Brief History of Nakedness Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 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;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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