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  1. Anatomy of Nakedness
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1982
    Of all the things we possess the only one we can really claim as our own is our body. Yet nothing else gives rise to such complex attitudes. We hide it, reveal it, flaunt it, are ashamed of it, even scorn it, in an ever-changing array of feelings about it.
  2. Baxandall, Lee
    Connexipedia Article

    Resource Type: Article
    American writer, translator, editor, and activist, first known for his New Left engagement with cultural topics and then as a leader of the naturist movement. (1935-2008).
  3. Being Naked
    Attitudes Toward Nudity Through the Ages

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2001
    Stanton explores attitudes towards nudity and morality.
  4. The Complete History of Nudism and Nudity
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    One version of the history of nudism, combining a detailed account of the modern period (post-1900) with extremely dubious notions about ancient history.
  5. Connexions Digest
    Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 1989
  6. The Ethics of Nudity
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1989
    Conventional moralists claim that nudity is wicked and shameful, while some naturists claim that is has no moral dimension. What can humanistic ethics tell us about the morality of being naked?
  7. Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN)
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  8. The Freedom to be Yourself Campaign
    Connexipedia Article

    Resource Type: Article
    Promotes the right to be naked in public.
  9. Freikörperkultur
    Connexipedia Article

    Resource Type: Article
    A German movement whose name translates to Free Body Culture which endorses a naturistic approach to sports and community living.
  10. Grassroots Naturism
    A guide for the TNS Volunteer

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    A primer for the naturist volunteer.
  11. H&E naturist
    Wikipedia article

    Resource Type: Article
    H&E naturist (originally Health and Efficiency) is an 92-page monthly commercial magazine focusing on the naturist and nudist lifestyle, through articles on travel, health and culture, as well as various features on arts and books with a naked theme.
  12. Iniciales
    Wikipedia article

    Resource Type: Article
    Iniciales was a Spanish individualist anarchist and naturist eclectic magazine which ran between 1929 and 1937. As an eclectic magazine, it dealt with diverse subjects such as anarchism, pedagogy, individualism, sex education, naturism, nudism, free love, hiking, dance and it criticized alcohol and drug consumption.
  13. Living Naked and Frugal
    A Handbook for Parsimonious Nudity

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1997
    Paul Penhallow's experience of living naked in a non-naked world spanned nearly ten years, and ranged from SunSpace, his 21st-floor high-rise apartment in downtown Syracuse, New York, to the many highways and parks of the Northern Atlantic states. Penhallow's "Four Laws of Naturism" ("Accept Yourself," "Respect Others," "Live Simply," and "Relax Daily") comprise the springboard for this book, which also contains a comprehensive listing of nudist resorts throughout the United States.
  14. Nacktheit und Scham
    Der Mythos vom Civilizationsprozess

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
  15. Naked at Lunch
    The Adventures of a Reluctant Nudist

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2015
  16. Naked hikers face fines in Switzerland
    Canton aims to stop spread of 'indecent practice'

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    The Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden aims to stop naturist walkers, also referred to as "boot-only hikers".
  17. Naturism booms in France as young eager to ditch clothes
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2016
    Why are more and more people, especially the young, opting to get naked in France?
    Indeed, over the past three years, the phenomenon has begun to attract a younger audience according to the the FNN (French Federation of Naturism), seeing many more young families showing up to camps with their children.
  18. Naturism: Making it Happen
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1989
    A world view is only as influential and useful as the commitment and number of its adherents. Naturism, in its infancy as a popular movement, could do with more of both. Here are one man's thoughts on the problems and prospects.
  19. The Naturist Society: A Brief History
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2000
    What is The Naturist Society? How, why, and where did it begin? What does it hope to accomplish?
  20. 1983 Nudist Park Guide
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1983
  21. Nude beach
    Connexipedia Article

    Resource Type: Article
    A beach where users are legally at liberty to be nude.
  22. Nude & Natural
    Wikipedia article

    Resource Type: Article
    Nude & Natural: The Magazine of Naturist Living or simply N magazine, is a quarterly 100+ page naturist magazine published by The Naturist Society in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and distributed throughout the United States and internationally.
  23. Nude swimming
    Wikipedia article

    Resource Type: Article
    Nude swimming or skinny dipping is the practice of swimming naked, originally in natural bodies of water, but more recently in swimming pools or hot tubs. Most nude swimming today takes place on nude beaches, or at naturist facilities, and segregated public swimming areas or in private swimming pools. Most countries do not have specific laws regarding nude swimming, and the matter is regulated by social convention and practice. Some countries around the world strictly enforce social, religious and legal prohibitions against public nudity, including nude swimming. The term skinny-dip was first recorded in English in 1947 and is most commonly used in the United States.
  24. Nudist community
    Wikipedia article

    Resource Type: Article
    A nudist community (or in Europe, naturist community) is an intentional community comprising nudists/naturists who choose to live together on a permanent basis where it is understood that no clothes will be worn.
  25. Nudity
    Resource Type: Article
    The state of wearing no clothing.
  26. Nudity: A Cultural Anatomy
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2004
    We alternately think of nudity as a perversion and a state of innocence. Why is our response so contradictory and why is nudity treated so differently in different contexts? Drawing on popular culture, literature, philosophy, religion, and firsthand interviews in order to answer these questions, Barcan encounters morticians, nudists, strippers, nurses, tattooists, artists and pornographers.
  27. Nudity & Nudism -- Two Essays
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Nudity is paradoxical - a bodily state that is seen as so banal or matter of fact that it is rarely given sustained conceptual or academic treatment, while all the while most societies subject it to intense regulation via customs, taboos, and laws. Nudity is customarily imagined as a “natural” state - since we are all born naked-and yet its powerful social and cultural regulation means that it is anything but simple or natural.
  28. Personal accounts of naturism
    The World of Nude Recreation As Told By You

    Resource Type: Article
  29. SexSources.ca
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2017
    A web portal featuring sexuality resources: articles, websites, books. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
  30. Touching
    The Human Significance of the Skin

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1972
    An analysis of the skin regarded as a sense organ rather than as a simple bodily covering.
  31. 205 Arguments and Observations in Support of Naturism
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2001
    Arguments in favour of naturism backed up by research and writings from various sources.
  32. Wir sind nackt und nennen uns Du
    Von Lichtfreunden und Sonnenkampfern; eine Geschichte der Freikorperkultur

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    Fesselnde Kulturgeschichte der FKK-Bewegung von Kaisers Zeiten bis in die 1970er.
  33. World Guide to Nude Beaches and Recreation
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1981
  34. World Naked Bike Ride
    Connexipedia Article

    Resource Type: Article
    International clothing-optional bike ride.

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