While many advocated bodily improvement for the sake of the nation's well-being, Daley shows that not everyone was motivated by such civic desires. The pleasure gained from looking and being looked at, from having fun in the surf and sand or on the swings and roundabouts, is an understudied aspect of our past.
- ISBN13 9781869402914
- Publish Date 1 December 2003 (first published 1 January 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 May 2018
- Publish Country NZ
- Imprint Auckland University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English