[lit-ideas] British nakedness/Semitic non-nakedness
- From: Scribe1865@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 01:22:55 EDT
over any other socio-cultural arrangement that ever
existed. All right now, here it is:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n08/woot02_.html
This is an excellent piece.
It also recalls one of the conflicts between Greek and Semitic cultures in
the Hellenistic period. Membership in a "Gymnasium" was an important status
boost in the new Hellenistic cities, but it carried with it the exposure to
people
exercising in the nude, as was the Greek custom.
Exercising in the nude was a taboo to the Semites. They were unable to take
part, and consequently were excluded from an important sphere of local cultural
life.
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