Naked by Brian S. Hoffman

Author:Brian S. Hoffman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HIS036060 History / United States / 20th Century, SOC032000 Social Science / Gender Studies
Publisher: NYU Press

Conclusion

The conservative ideology of domesticity during the early Cold War years provided an opening for American nudism to expand and prosper. The recreational character of nudist resorts fit seamlessly into a tourist boom fueled by the private family car, the availability of gas, and a booming economy. Here, with middle-aged men and women and their young children playing volleyball, sunbathing next to a lake or pool, or hiking through sprawling scenic grounds, the naked body’s eroticism could be controlled and contained. Eliminating the possible uncontrolled eroticism of single men through exclusion and the recruitment of the heterosexual female body while also keeping the organization white by instituting a policy of segregation based on racist assumptions about the hypersexual racial other, nudism experienced enormous growth during a period otherwise known for its hostility to marginal lifestyles and ideas.

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