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Body panic : gender, health, and the selling of fitness / Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs.

LIBRA BF697.5.B63 D86 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dworkin, Shari L.
Contributor:
Wachs, Faye Linda.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Body image--United States.
Body image.
Advertising, Magazine--United States.
Advertising, Magazine.
Culture--United States.
Culture.
Gender identity--United States.
Gender identity.
Physical fitness.
United States.
Physical fitness--United States--Periodicals.
Exercise--Psychological aspects.
Exercise.
Body Image.
Advertising--trends.
Gender Identity.
Periodicals as Topic.
Physical Fitness--psychology.
Medical Subjects:
Body Image.
United States.
Advertising--trends.
Culture.
Gender Identity.
Periodicals as Topic.
Physical Fitness--psychology.
Genre:
Periodicals.
Physical Description:
viii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : New York University Press, [2009]
Contents:
The nature of body panic culture
What kinds of subjects and objects? Gender, consumer culture, and convergence
Size matters : male body panic and the third wave "crisis of masculinity"
"Getting your body back" : postindustrial fit motherhood and the merger of the second (household labor/child care) and third (fitness) shifts
From Women's sports & fitness to Self : third wave feminism and the consumption conundrum
Emancipatory potential, social justice, and the consumptive imperative.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.
ISBN:
9780814719671
0814719678
9780814719688
0814719686
OCLC:
245512249

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