Body language : sisters in shape, black women's fitness, and feminist identity politics /

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In her evocative ethnographic study, Body Language, Kimberly Lau traces the multiple ways in which the success of an innovative fitness program illuminates what identity means to its Black female clientele and how their group interaction provides a new perspective on feminist theories of identity po...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lau, Kimberly J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Feminism > United States.
Feminist theory > Political aspects.
Group identity > United States.
African American women > Social conditions.
Self-care, Health > United States.
Women > Socialization > United States.
Féminisme > États-Unis.
Théorie féministe > Aspect politique.
Identité collective > États-Unis.
Noires américaines > Conditions sociales.
Autothérapie > États-Unis.
Femmes > Socialisation > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
African American women > Social conditions
Feminism
Feminist theory > Political aspects
Group identity
Self-care, Health
Women > Socialization
Feminism > Förenta Staterna.
Afro-amerikanska kvinnor > sociala aspekter.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The anatomy of a movement
  • Experience : spirituality, sisterhood, and the unspeakable
  • Performance : negotiating multiple black womanhoods
  • New bodies of knowledge
  • Re-articulating feminist identity politics.

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