Women and Fitness in American Culture

Sarah Hentges (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7480-6 (ISBN)

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This book explores common representations and experiences of American fitness. It takes women's experiences as the center of inquiry toward an understanding of the function of fitness in our lives and in our culture-at-large. Ranging from 1968 to the present, from Jane Fonda to WiiFit, from revolution to institutionalization, from personal to political, and beyond, this book considers a broad range of topics from an interdisciplinary perspective: generations, cultural appropriation, community development, choreography, methodology, healing, and social justice. Drawing on her experience as a cultural theorist, educator and fitness instructor, the author offers critical and creative approaches that reveal the limitations and possibilities of fitness. The book enables readers to think about their own relationship to fitness as well as the more abstract meanings of the term, and suggests the idea that fitness has some potential to transform our worlds--if we're willing to do the work(out).

Sarah Hentges is an associate professor of American studies at the University of Maine at Augusta. She also teaches women’s and gender studies and maintains a blog and website at www.cultureandmovement.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Preface 1

Introduction 3

One. Tensions: Form and Function 13

Two. Tools and Trade 61

Three. Toward a Theory of Feminist Fitness 90

Four. Edges/Bodies and Minds 135

Five. Transformations 179

Appendix: Fitness Terms, Products and Personalities 225

Chapter Notes 229

Works Cited 239

Index 247

Zusatzinfo	appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	358 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7864-7480-7 / 0786474807
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7480-6 / 9780786474806
Zustand	Neuware