Rise and shine : sunlight, technology and health / Simon Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Simon, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sunshine--Therapeutic use--History.

Sunshine.

Sunshine--Health aspects.

Solar radiation--Physiological effect.

Solar radiation.

Phototherapy--History.

Phototherapy.

Sun-baths--History.

Sun-baths.

Suntan--History.

Suntan.

Human body--Social aspects.

Human body.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

English ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786612473623

9781474215428

1474215424

9781282473621

128247362X

9781847883315

1847883311

OCLC:

614536615