Nudity: A Cultural Anatomy

by Ruth Barcan

Nudity features regularly in all major media. So why is it illegal to appear naked in public? Nudity has always been paradoxical. In modern consumer culture, it is actively encouraged in some contexts, but criminal or deviant in others. Images of nudity are everywhere. Advertising uses nudity to sell everything from housing loans to appliances, perfume to cars. Nudity has, in fact, become the latest fashion. This is not surprising. Advertising and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859738729
• ISBN13: 9781859738726
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"