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Rise and Shine

By Simon Carter

Rise and Shine Medicine

Rise and Shine

By Simon Carter

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Sunshine plays an important role in all aspects of life but there has been little social analysis of the sun and its place in our world. Recently experts have warned us that the sun's rays are dangerous. Yet, a suntan can still be taken as a sign of health. How did we arrive at this ambivalent relationship to the sun and what does this say about our changing attitudes to the human body and environment? Rise and Shine takes as its starting point a view of sunlight as part of our material and social culture. How did the use of sunlight to treat tuberculosis and rickets in the early twentieth century alter our relationship with the sun? When was suntan lotion invented? By drawing on a range of archival and historical sources, Rise and Shine traces the network of social and medical forces that constitute our current, sometimes problematic, relationship with sun and sunlight.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
146
Release Date:
2007-04-01
Publication Date:
2007-04-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1845201310
ISBN13:
9781845201319
Weight:
234 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
8 cm
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