1605842028     

105853135                        

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Working out in Japan : shaping the female body in Tokyo fitness clubs / Laura Spielvogel

Durham [u.a.] : Duke University Press, 2003

XII, 250 S. : Ill.

Englisch

The history of aerobics in Japan -- The sexy American import -- The discipline of space -- The discipline of bodies -- Cigarettes and aerobics: frustrations with gender inequities in the club -- Young, proportionate, leggy, and thin: the ideal female body -- Selfishly skinny or selflessly starving

Includes bibliographical references and index

(pbk.) : £15.95

0-8223-3037-7 ; 0-8223-3049-0

2002012949

bA3X9896

9780822330493

353044903

OCoLC: 237713201     

OCoLC: 50417238 (aus SWB)     

LB 61450  | LB 44450      Ähnliche Literatur

GV482

613.04240952 ; 613/.0424/0952

Basisklassifikation: 71.33 (Frau) <Soziologie> ; 76.11 (Sportsoziologie; Sportpsychologie)

*Tokio ; Frau ; Fitnesscenter      Zum Register

*Japan ; Frau ; Fitnesstraining      Zum Register

*Japan ; Frau ; Fitness      Zum Register

*Japan ; Fitnesscenter      Zum Register

*Japan ; Körperbild      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Physical fitness for women -- Social aspects -- Japan ; Physical fitness centers -- Japan -- Tokyo ; Body image -- Japan

The history of aerobics in Japan -- The sexy American import -- The discipline of space -- The discipline of bodies -- Cigarettes and aerobics: frustrations with gender inequities in the club -- Young, proportionate, leggy, and thin: the ideal female body -- Selfishly skinny or selflessly starving