Body Fascism : Salvation in the Technology of Physical Fitness /
In the last three decades of the twentieth century, the physically fit body became the ideal of modern western societies. Images of lean, sculpted men and women dominate the cultural landscape and are now ubiquitous on billboards, in magazines, film, television, and video. Science and popular cultur...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2017]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Reading the Science and Technology of Physical Fitness
- Part One. Theory
- 1. Theory of Science: Practice, Power, Consensus
- 2. Theory of the Body: Technology, Puissance, Pouvoir
- Part Two. Texts and Procedures
- 3. The Texts of the Technology of Physical Fitness
- 4. Writing the Fascist Body: Description, Inscription, Prescription
- Postscript: The Other Side
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index