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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782290803321

Autore

Carter Simon <1960->

Titolo

Rise and shine [[electronic resource] ] : sunlight, technology and health / / Simon Carter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Berg, 2007

ISBN

1-4742-1542-4

1-282-47362-X

9786612473623

1-84788-331-1

Edizione

[English ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Classificazione

44.93

Disciplina

615.5/3

Soggetti

Sunshine - Therapeutic use - History

Sunshine - Health aspects

Solar radiation - Physiological effect

Phototherapy - History

Sun-baths - History

Suntan - History

Human body - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [117]-127) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Beyond the pale: sun. danger and delight -- The move to the great outdoors: camping, campers and the 'worthy suntan' -- Sunshine, hygiene and the sun cure: part 1 - rickets, sunlight and actinotherapy -- Sunshine, hygiene and the sun cure: part 2 - tuberculosis and heliotherapy -- Heliosis: part 1 - leagues of sunshine -- Heliosis: part 2 - building worlds of sunlight -- Sunlight in perspective: pleasure, sunlight and the socio-sensual environment.

Sommario/riassunto

"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 sunlight."--BOOK JACKET.