Description: 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. 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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EAN: 9783658159832
UPC: 9783658159832
ISBN: 9783658159832
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Book Title: Nakedness, Shame, and Embarrassment: A Long-Term S
Item Length: 21 cm
Number of Pages: 195 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Nakedness, Shame, and Embarrassment: a Long-Term Sociological Perspective
Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: Sociology, Anthropology
Item Height: 210 mm
Item Weight: 2753 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Barbara Gornicka
Item Width: 148 mm
Format: Paperback
