For Health and Beauty: Physical Culture for Frenchwomen, 1880s–1930s

For Health and Beauty: Physical Culture for Frenchwomen, 1880s–1930s
ISBN-10
0801864836
ISBN-13
9780801864834
Category
Education
Pages
274
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
Mary Lynn Stewart

Description

She then examines compulsory education in hygiene and gymnastics, the flourishing genre of women's medical and sexual self-help literature, and the commercialization of health, beauty, and fitness products - all contributing to new scientific and commercial representations of the female body.

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