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Naked Politics - Nudity, Political Action, and the Rhetoric of the Body (Hardcover)
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Naked Politics - Nudity, Political Action, and the Rhetoric of the Body (Hardcover)
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Naked Politics: Nudity, Political Action, and the Rhetoric of the
Body by Brett Lunceford, examines the rhetorical power of the
unclothed body as it relates to protest and political action. This
study explores what the disrobed body communicates, and how others
are invited to make sense of this display. The actions examined
range from grassroots protests to those of professionalized social
movement organizations. Specifically, Lunceford examines PETA and
the use of chained women and the Running of the Nudes; lactivists,
or women engaging in public breastfeeding as protest action in both
online and physical space; the World Naked Bike Ride's worldwide
protest against oil dependency and attempt to raise awareness of
the vulnerability of cyclists; and a contest held on College Humor
that invited women to write their preferred presidential candidate
on their exposed breasts and send the picture to them to post on
the site. Although these actions may seem to have little in common
beyond their use of body exposure, they all share the notions that
something can happen when you take your clothes off and that the
act of disrobing can have social and political consequences.
Moreover, these groups illustrate the often paradoxical views of
the exposed body-by both the participants and the observers-and how
such bodies operate in the public sphere. Even when the voice is
silent, the body still speaks; Naked Politics considers what is
being said.
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