Naturist Archives of the 2020s: August 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010

NATURIST EVENT IN ISRAEL 2ND SEPTEMBER 2010

Dear Naturist,

The Naturist Community Management Legacy of Pinhas Barak invites all the naturists around the world to a naturist event on Thursday, 2nd September 2010 from 19:00 until 1:00 AM.

The event will be at Hamei Ga'ash hot springs spa near Tel Aviv in Israel.

Programme: singing and dancing led by Master of Ceremonies Moshik Ben Zvi (Binyamina Winery).

We will spend our time around the pools, singing, dancing, swimming and celebrating birthdays of Virgo naturists.

Hamei Ga'ash has both outdoor and indoor pools and also includes hot tubs, thermal showers, saunas and dressing rooms. The hamburger stand and cafe will be open.

If you would like to join the naturists of Israel at this event please register at the following link:

http://www.naturism.co.il/gaash2.htm

The next event will be held on Thursday, 4th November, 2010, for a winter time meeting in Hamei Ga'ash hot springs spa near Tel Aviv in Israel.

The event will begin at 19:00 and last until 1:00 AM.

A further event will be held at the same place on Thursday, 27th January 2011 from 19:00 until 1:00 AM.

We will be happy to let you know more information in future.

Giora Eser

Operations Manager of the Naturist Community Legacy of Pinhas Barak Israel
Tel: +972-52-3331010
E-mail: naturism@naturism.co.il
Website: http://www.naturism.co.il

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

A BRIEF HISTORY OF NAKEDNESS

ISBN-13: 978-1-86189-647-6
Writer: Philip Carr-Gomm
Title: A Brief History Of Nakedness
Language: English
Place of Publication: London
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Date of Publication: 2010
Format: 163x240 mm
Pages: 286
Illustrations: 143 colour and black and white plates and pictures
Front Cover Background Photo: VikaValter/iStockphoto LP
Binding: Hardcover in duotone dust jacket
Weight: 852gr.
Price: GBP19.95 / USD29.95 + P&P
Entry No: 2010014
Entry Date: 17^th August 2010

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Confrontations with naked human bodies can provoke powerful, and often contradictory, impressions and feelings. Just as they might either thrill or revolt, they can signal innocence or sexiness, frankness or madness, a oneness with nature or a separation from society. Advertisers and the media are very aware of the complex and highly subjective associations that most of us have towards nakedness, and use images incessantly to compete for our attention. Yet mystics have embraced nudity to get closer to God, while political activists have discovered that baring all is of the most effective ways to gain publicity for a cause.

In A Brief History of Nakedness, Philip Carr-Gomm traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. Rather than study the history of the fine-art nude, or detail the ways in which the naked body has been denigrated or imprisoned, this book explores new territory – revealing the ways in which religious teachers, politicians, protestors and cultural icons have used nudity to enlighten or empower themselves, or simply to entertain us.

From the naked sages of India and St Francis of Assisi to modern-day witches and Christian nudists, from The Full Monty and Calendar Girls to Lady Godiva and Lady Gaga. A Brief History of Nakedness surveys the touching, sometimes tragic, and often bizarre story of our relationship with our own and with others’ naked bodies.