Body panic [electronic resource] : gender, health, and the selling of fitness / Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs.
By: Dworkin, Shari L.
Contributor(s): Wachs, Faye Linda | ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: New York : New York University Press, c2009Description: viii, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Body image -- United States | Advertising, Magazine -- United States | Culture -- United States | Gender identity -- United States | Physical fitness -- United States -- Periodicals | Exercise -- Psychological aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.4/613 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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