Description: Soaking up the rays: Light therapy and visual culture in Britain, c. 1890-1940 Woloshyn, Tania Anne Product Overview Soaking up the rays forges a new path for exploring Britain’s fickle love of the light by investigating the beginnings of light therapy in the country from c.1890-1940. Despite rapidly becoming a leading treatment for tuberculosis, rickets and other infections and skin diseases, light therapy was a contentious medical practice. Bodily exposure to light, whether for therapeutic or aesthetic ends, persists as a contested subject to this day: recommended to counter skin conditions as well as Seasonal Affective Disorder and depression; closely linked to notions of beauty, happiness and well-being, fuelling tourism abroad and the tanning industry at home; and yet with repeated health warnings that it is a dangerous carcinogen. By analysing archival photographs, illustrated medical texts, advertisements, lamps, and goggles and their visual representation of how light acted upon the body, Woloshyn assesses their complicated contribution to the founding of light therapy. Read more Details Publisher : Manchester University Press; 1st edition (September 30, 2017) Language : English Hardcover : 273 pages ISBN-10 : 1784995126 ISBN-13 : 26 Item Weight : 1.3 pounds Dimensions : 9.3 x 1.1 x 6.3 inches Best Sellers Rank: #9,626,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,837 in History of Medicine (Books) #1,981 in Alternative Medicine (Books) #3,750 in Art History (Books) #1,837 in History of Medicine (Books) #1,981 in Alternative Medicine (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 1784995126
ISBN10: 1784995126
ISBN13: 9781784995126
EAN: 9781784995126
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Brand: Manchester University Press
GTIN: 09781784995126
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Soaking Up the Rays : Light Therapy and Visual Culture in Britain, C. 1890-1940
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Item Height: 1.1 in
Subject: Alternative Therapies, Europe / Great Britain / General, History, History / General
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Subject Area: Art, Health & Fitness, History, Medical
Author: Tania Anne Cleaves
Item Length: 6.3 in
Item Width: 9.3 in
Format: Hardcover
