“Regaining what Mankind has Lost through Civilisation:” Early Nudism and Ambivalent Moderns
@article{Barcan2004RegainingWM, title={“Regaining what Mankind has Lost through Civilisation:” Early Nudism and Ambivalent Moderns}, author={Ruth Barcan}, journal={Fashion Theory}, year={2004}, volume={8}, pages={63 - 82} }
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- 2021
Resumo: Neste artigo analisamos representações sobre as mulheres na história do movimento nudo-naturista no Brasil, tomando como fontes revistas naturistas produzidas na década de 1950. É evidenciada…
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- Art
- 2018
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- 2016
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Theorising Nudist Equality: An Encounter Between Political Fantasy and Public Appearance
- Sociology
- 2011
This paper approaches in/equality theorising through the lens of social nudism. Its starting point is a left conception of inequality where systemic power and the politics of oppression displace…
Naked in nature: naturism, nature and the senses in early 20th century Britain
- Philosophy
- 2009
Advocates of naturist practice have long celebrated it as the authentic human—nature relationship, a way of rekindling our connections with the natural world, and a means of achieving and maintaining…
Baring the soul: Paul Bindrim, Abraham Maslow and 'nude psychotherapy'.
- PsychologyJournal of the history of the behavioral sciences
- 2007
Although nude therapy has an indisputable tabloid character, it is also rooted in a long-standing academic search for authenticity and ultimate meaning through science.
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