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In 1949, the Deutscher Verband für Freikörperkultur (DFK; German Association for Free Body Culture) was founded. Today, it is a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) with special tasks for popular sports in nude recreation and is the largest member of the International Naturist Federation (INF).
Richard Ungewitter (December 18, 1869 in Artern, Province of Saxony – December 17, 1958 in Stuttgart) was a German naturist and pioneer of the Freikörperkultur (free body culture) movement and one of its first organizers. There was a völkisch element in Ungewitter's ideas.
Body culture studies describe and compare bodily practice in the larger context of culture and society, i.e. in the tradition of anthropology, history and sociology. As body culture studies analyse culture and society in terms of human bodily practices, they are sometimes viewed as a form of materialist phenomenology .
The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) is a non-profit membership organization promoting the benefits of naturism. In 2001 it had grown to the world's largest naturist organization, with over 50,000 individual members and more than 230 affiliated clubs, resorts, and campgrounds.
In the body culture (Körperkultur), it aimed to provide people with plenty of fresh air and sun to compensate for the effects of industrialization and urbanization. Some areas of the Lebensreform movement, such as naturopathy or vegetarianism , were organized in associations and enjoyed great popularity, as reflected in their membership numbers.
The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) is a naturist organization based in the United States. The AANR is the largest and longest-established naturist organization in North America. It was founded in 1931 under its previous name, the American Sunbathing Association .
America Ferrera rose to stardom at just 17, but these days, the Barbie star, now 39, is looking to shed the expectations that Hollywood has placed upon her. In Elle's 2023 Women in Hollywood issue ...
Freikörperkultur ('free body culture') represented a return to nature and the elimination of shame. In the 1960s naturism moved from being a small subculture to part of a general rejection of restrictions on the body. Women reasserted the right to uncover their breasts in public, which had been the norm until the 17th century.