A Brief History of Nakedness

Now inB-format paperback, A Brief History of Nakedness traces our preoccupationwith nudity in religion, politics and popular culture. Rather than study thehistory of the fine-art nude, for example, this book explores new territory –revealing the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protestors andcultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves, or simplyto entertain us.From the naked sages of India and St Francis of Assisi to modern-day druidsand Christian nudists, from The Full Monty and Calendar Girls to Lady Godivaand Lady Gaga, A Brief History of Nakedness surveys the touching, sometimestragic, and often bizarre story of our relationship with our own and withothers’ naked bodies.