A cultural history of nudity offering an in-depth account of how the naked body came to be closely tied to modern ideas about nature and authenticity.

Introduction. On Being Free and Natural
Chapter 1. Welcome to the Nudist Colony
Chapter 2. Naked at Home
Chapter 3. Therapeutic Nudist Retreats
Chapter 4. Swinging Suburbs
Chapter 5. How to Free a Beach
Chapter 6. Naked Lifestyle Consumerism
Epilogue. Bodies Out of Place
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Sarah Schrank is Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach and author of Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.