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

Author: Dworkin, Shari L.

Imprint:New York : New York University Press, c2009.

Descriptionviii, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index.



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Author:
Dworkin, Shari L.
Subject:
Body image -- United States.
Advertising, Magazine -- United States.
Culture -- United States.
Gender identity -- United States.
Physical fitness -- United States -- Periodicals.
Exercise -- Psychological aspects.
Contributor
Wachs, Faye Linda.