Selling Natural Laws: The Structure and Function of Naturism in early 1950s France

This article describes the French naturist milieu of the early 1950s. In line with the questions raised by this special issue, I focus on the commercial structures of naturism, such as the selling of natural products and foods and the renting of bungalows and camping pitches, and on its "guidin...

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Subtitles:"Business Spirits: Religion and Business as Co-constitutive Phenomena"
Main Author: Bernard, Léo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2024
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 25, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 225-241
Further subjects:B nudism
B naturism
B Religious Studies
B Naturopathy
B Life reform movement
B Vegetarianism
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