Download or read book Facts about Nudism written by Hugh Morris and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.
Download or read book Facts about Nudism written by Hugh Morris and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Naked written by Brian Hoffman and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1929, a small group of men and women threw off their clothes and began to exercise in a New York City gymnasium, marking the start of the American nudist movement. While countless Americans had long enjoyed the pleasures of skinny dipping or nude sunbathing, nudists were the first to organize a movement around the idea that exposing the body corrected the ills of modern society and produced profound benefits for the body as well as the mind. Despite hostility and skepticism, American nudists enlisted the support of health enthusiasts, homemakers, sex radicals, and even ministers, and in the process, redefined what could be seen, experienced, and consumed in twentieth-century America. Naked gives a vibrant, detailed account of the American nudist movement and the larger cultural phenomenon of public nudity in the United States. Brian S. Hoffman reflects on the idea of nakedness itself in the context of a culture that wrestles with an inherent sense of shame and conflicting moral attitudes about the body. In exploring the social and legal history of nudism, Hoffman reveals how anxieties about gender, race, sexuality, and age inform our conceptions of nakedness. The book traces the debates about distinguishing deviant sexualities from morally acceptable display, the legal processes that helped bring about the dramatic changes in sexuality in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the explosion in eroticism that has increasingly defined the modern American consumer economy. Drawing on a colorful collection of nudist materials, films, and magazines, Naked exposes the social, cultural, and moral assumptions about nakedness and the body normally hidden from view and behind closed doors.
Download or read book Facts on Nudism written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nudism in a Cold Climate written by Annebella Pollen and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated volume examines the idiosyncraticphenomenon of social nudism in mid-20th-century Britain, anisland nation fabled for its lack of sunshine and its reservedsocial attitudes.Structured across three interrelated phases, readers firstencounter the movement at its genesis in the 1920s,when nudism was synonymous with vegetarianism,intellectualism and utopianism. That nascent cultureproliferated in the postwar era, with a widening landscapeof amateur clubs and governing organizations alongsidehigh circulation publications and censorship-challengingphotographers. Finally, Annebella Pollen examines themovement's redefinition as naturism, its cultural battles andits struggle to survive amid shifts in sexual liberation in thepermissive 1960s.Unadorned bodies were the central campaigning tool ofBritish naturism's photographic propaganda. They drewattention to the cause and drove publication sales but theyalso attracted regular public opprobrium. Naturism's shiftingvisual culture thus provides a microcosmic view of Britishmoral, legal and aesthetic transformations in a period of rapidsocial change, revealing evolving perspectives on health andsex, gender and ethnicity, pleasure and power.
Download or read book Nudity and Christianity written by Jim C. Cunningham and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-12-29 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim C. Cunningham considers his latest 588-page work, Nudity & Christianity, to be his "magnum opus." It represents the fruit of thirty years of research, meditation, discussion and many personal experiences. Though much of the material is new, Jim has included the best of his twenty-three years of naturist publishing. Although all of his previous publications (see naturistlife.com) were highly photographic, this latest is 100% textual, in hopes of reaching those who might be intimidated even by tasteful graphics. The insightful ideas of dozens of authors from various denominations are represented here, from Pope John Paul II to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, C.S. Lewis to Kahlil Gibran and even Mark Twain. The purpose of this book is to encourage readers to probe the reasons for wearing clothes. Today, Western convention tends to assume that "nude is lewd," but it was not always that way. For half the Church's history, catechumens--men, women, boys and girls, were routinely baptized together, nude, by full immersion. Today, we recoil at learning this, but how have cultural attitudes toward the body changed to effect this reaction? Jim asks those hard questions about the body and the meaning of true modesty, and exhorts Christians to lead the way in asserting God's definition of the body, rather than Playboy's. Instead of allowing pornographers to define the body for us, and then create a virtue of modesty to fit that false definition, Christians should assert God's definition as found in Scripture and Church Tradition. When we view the body as Jesus did, our definition of modesty becomes radically different from what is conventionally presumed. Two highly detailed indices (Scriptural and Topical) make this an excellent reference book. Readers are exhorted to live what they learn. Jim proposes attending "Theology of the Body Retreats." For more information go to JIMCCUNNINGHAM.COM.
Download or read book Naked at Lunch written by Mark Haskell Smith and published by Nero. This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We are safely away and you can now enjoy a ... ' There was a pause, as if the Cruise Director was having trouble choosing what, exactly, he should call what was about to happen. Finally he said, ' ... a carefree environment.' Folk have been naked in public for centuries. But being a nudist is more complicated than simply stripping off. In Naked at Lunch, Mark Haskell Smith uncovers nudism's fascinating history - and gets involved, baring all himself. He visits a Spanish town where clothing is optional, and travels to the largest nudist resort in the world: a hedonist's paradise in the south of France. From clothes-free hiking in the Austrian Alps to a Caribbean cruise on the 'Big Nude Boat', Haskell Smith takes us on an entertaining frolic through the good, the bad, and the just plain naked.
Download or read book Nudism the Bare Facts written by Sandra June Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Nudism Naturism and Nudists written by Liz Egger and published by Wyeland Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Guide to Nudism, Naturism & Nudists tells you everything you need to know about nudism and nudists. It's crammed full of the information, facts, experiences and insider tips that you'll find invaluable if you want to discover this exotic, fashionable and fast-growing lifestyle including: * What genuine nudism is. And what it most definitely is not! * Why you should become a nudist. How even occasional naturism enhances your health and how wearing clothing can seriously damage it! * How to become a nudist. A step-by-step guide, including all the contact details you'll need. * Where to go nudist. Explore the exciting nudist world of exotic beaches, luxurious resorts, fabulous cruises and international friendship. * Full information on important topics such as nudism for singles, couples and families with children, nudism and the law, nudism and health, nudist etiquette, nudism and religion, nudist vacations and travel. And much, much more besides! Whether you're an experienced nudist, a nudist "wannabe" looking for guidance, a holiday-maker looking for a vacation with a difference, a student of alternative lifestyles and therapies, a casual browser after a fascinating read or just someone trying to keep abreast of the latest trends in a fast moving world, this book is for you. So kick off your shoes, take the 'phone off the hook, and prepare to explore the amazing world of international nudism. OH. One last thing. Better turn up the heating. You might not want to put your shoes or much else back on again!"
Download or read book The Complete Guide to Nudism and Naturism written by Liz Egger and published by Young Writers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a complete guide to nudism and naturism for everyone, from the nudist curious to the experienced nudist, and everyone considering or just interested in the nudist way of life.
Download or read book How to Become a Naturist written by Kelly Dixon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking about becoming a Naturist? - Then this is the book for you! Includes an introduction to naturism and nudism, great holiday ideas for new nudists, first time naturist experiences (genuine nudist stories) clothing-optional beaches and areas where anything goes, a look at public nudity, advice about joining a naturist club, how to find a nudist soul mate (and possibly love!) ways to earn a living naked, and the whereabouts of naturist clubs and locations all over the UK and beyond!
Download or read book A Brief History of Nakedness written by Philip Carr-Gomm and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Naked written by Brian Hoffman and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1929, a small group of men and women threw off their clothes and began to exercise in a New York City gymnasium, marking the start of the American nudist movement. While countless Americans had long enjoyed the pleasures of skinny dipping or nude sunbathing, nudists were the first to organize a movement around the idea that exposing the body corrected the ills of modern society and produced profound benefits for the body as well as the mind. Despite hostility and skepticism, American nudists enlisted the support of health enthusiasts, homemakers, sex radicals, and even ministers, and in the process, redefined what could be seen, experienced, and consumed in twentieth-century America. Naked gives a vibrant, detailed account of the American nudist movement and the larger cultural phenomenon of public nudity in the United States. Brian S. Hoffman reflects on the idea of nakedness itself in the context of a culture that wrestles with an inherent sense of shame and conflicting moral attitudes about the body. In exploring the social and legal history of nudism, Hoffman reveals how anxieties about gender, race, sexuality, and age inform our conceptions of nakedness. The book traces the debates about distinguishing deviant sexualities from morally acceptable display, the legal processes that helped bring about the dramatic changes in sexuality in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the explosion in eroticism that has increasingly defined the modern American consumer economy. Drawing on a colorful collection of nudist materials, films, and magazines, Naked exposes the social, cultural, and moral assumptions about nakedness and the body normally hidden from view and behind closed doors.
Download or read book Frolic written by Matthew Franklin Sias and published by . This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nudist park wasn't exactly where Brian thought he'd be at thirtyfour. But homeless, jobless, and about to be divorced, it's where he ends up. Living in his grandmother's trailer, whiling away the days in a drunken stupor, his elderly neighbor gardening totally starkers. A selfconfessed 'textile' and alcohol enthusiast, he is at a crossroads in life. But when the park's future comes under threat, Brian finds himself desperate to save his new home and the rest of its aging residents. Over time he becomes drawn to these extraordinary people, where no one cares how much money you earn or what you look like. Where people are free to be themselves as nature intended.
Download or read book American Nudist Culture written by Larry Darter and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An objective, straightforward explanation of what American nudist culture is really about. Whether a person is just curious about what actually goes on inside nudist clubs and resorts or someone thinking about trying Nudism that needs more information before taking the plunge, the book answers many common questions and dispels many of the myths surrounding the nudist lifestyle. Are nudists actually the eccentric weirdos, perverts and hedonists that many Americans believe them to be? What kind of people become nudists and why do they choose the nude lifestyle? This objective, straightforward look at American nudist culture answers these questions and more. The book aims to foster better understanding of one of the most misunderstood and unfairly maligned cultures in American society by answering common questions and dispelling some of the persistent myths that surround the nudist and naturist lifestyle.
Download or read book The Nakeds written by Lisa Glatt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hit-and-run accident sends the lives of both driver and victim into unforeseen trajectories in a family drama set against the backdrop of the sexual revolution and 1970s California. On the morning that Nina and Asher Teller's marriage falls apart in their Southern Californian kitchen, their young daughter, Hannah, is the victim of a hit-and-run accident that will leave her leg in a cast for much of the next decade. Nina's next husband introduces her to nudism and soon suggests they plunge further into the sexual revolution of the 1970s. Meanwhile, the remorseful driver, Martin, tries to bury his dark secret under the flashing lights and ringing bells of Las Vegas. The Nakeds is an absorbing, darkly comical story of love and desire, of forgiveness and the unforgivable, and the truths we sometimes hide underneath our very own skin.
Download or read book Hours in a Library written by Leslie Stephen and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
