Nakedness, Shame, and Embarrassment

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Beschreibung

Barbara Górnicka presents a sociological investigation ¿ both historical and contemporary ¿ into the problems surrounding naked bodies. She draws on her own participation in a nudist swimming club and goes on to study the often very complex and paradoxical emotions that have been associated with nakedness in the Western world for centuries. The book provides answers not only to why we find exposing our naked bodies shameful, but also why we find it sexual and erotic in the first place. It looks beneath taboos surrounding nakedness today and offers a theoretical explanation for their development over time. On the basis of her historical analysis, the author demonstrates that it was not until the late nineteenth or twentieth century that we began to see nudity as erotic.

Über den Autor

Dr. Barbara Górnicka completed her doctoral degree in sociology at University College Dublin. She is the Managing Editor of Figurations, the newsletter of the Norbert Elias Foundation. Her research interests range from sociological theory to sociology of the body, emotions and sexuality.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Barbara Górnicka presents a sociological investigation - both historical and contemporary - into the problems surrounding naked bodies. She draws on her own participation in a nudist swimming club and goes on to study the often very complex and paradoxical emotions that have been associated with nakedness in the Western world for centuries. The book provides answers not only to why we find exposing our naked bodies shameful, but also why we find it sexual and erotic in the first place. It looks beneath taboos surrounding nakedness today and offers a theoretical explanation for their development over time. On the basis of her historical analysis, the author demonstrates that it was not until the late nineteenth or twentieth century that we began to see nudity as erotic.

Contents

Setting the Nude Scene
From Lewd to Nude: Becoming a Naturist
The Sociogenesis of Nudism
Natural Bodies? Nakedness, Eroticisation and Shame
Nakedness as a Theoretical Problem
Nakedness and the Theory of Taboo

Target Groups

Researchers and students in the fields of sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies

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Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	208
Reihe:	Figurationen. Schriften zur Zivilisations- und Prozesstheorie
Inhalt:	xi 195 S. 7 s/w Illustr. 195 p. 7 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783658159832
ISBN-10:	3658159839
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-658-15983-2
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Górnicka, Barbara
Auflage:	1st ed. 2016
Hersteller:	Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH Figurationen. Schriften zur Zivilisations- und Prozesstheorie
Maße:	210 x 148 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Barbara Górnicka
Erscheinungsdatum:	26.10.2016
Gewicht:	0,276 kg

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