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Women and Exercise : the Body, Health and Consumerism.

This volume examines women's contradictory experiences of their bodies, health and exercise within the cultural context of consumerism. Featuring contributions by leading scholars on women and exercise across North America and Europe, this timely examination of women, exercise and fitness will...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kennedy, Eileen
Otros Autores: Markula, Pirkko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Beyond Binaries: Contemporary Approaches to Women and Exercise; Part I: The Business of Exercise: Selling and Consuming Fitness; 1 Love Your Body?: The Discursive Construction of Exercise in Women's Lifestyle and Fitness Magazines; 2 Women Developing and Branding Fitness Products on the Global Market: The Method Putkisto Case; 3 'Folding': A Feminist Intervention in Mindful Fitness; Part II: Body Trouble: Fat Women and Exercise; 4 Fit, Fat and Feminine?: The Stigmatization of Fat Women in Fitness Gyms.