Making the American Body: The Remarkable Saga of the Men and Women Whose Feats, Feuds, and Passions Shaped Fitness History
- ISBN-10
- 0803243707
- ISBN-13
- 9780803243705
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-11
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- Jonathan Black
Description
"Jonathan Black gives us a backstage look at an industry and the people that have left an indelible mark on the American body and the consciousness it houses. ... With insights drawn from more than fifty interviews and attention to key developments in bodybuilding, aerobics, equipment, health clubs, running, sports medicine, group exercise, Pilates, and yoga, Making the American Body reveals how a focus on fitness has shaped not only our physiques but also, and more profoundly, American ideas of what 'fitness' is."--From publisher description.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2020-04-01
- 264 pages
- Ebook
- U of Nebraska Press
-
- 2013-11-01
- 256 pages
- Ebook
- U of Nebraska Press
Similar books
-
American Monroe: The Making of a Body Politic
By S. Paige BatyMarilyn Monroe is alive and well in the American imagination. She is the stuff of memory, living as icon, mysterious suicide, transgressive goddess—a character that tells the story of America itself.
-
Masculinity and the Making of American Judaism
By Sarah ImhoffGalveston Committee treasurer and IRO President Cyrus Sulzberger wrote a scathing review of Hall's book, but he did not dispute the desirability of the West as the best environment for immigrant newcomers. Cyrus Sulzberger, “Immigration ...
-
The Making of American Liberal Theology: Crisis, Irony, and Postmodernity 1950-2005
By Gary J. DorrienWarren McWilliams wished that Gilkey had more to say about the resurrection, but praised his “comprehensive, articulate statement of a theocentric view of history.” McWilliams also suggested that Gilkey's mediating style kept him from ...
-
Replaceable You: Engineering the Body in Postwar America
By David SerlinReplaceable You revisits this heady era in American history to consider how these medical technologies and procedures were used to advance the politics of conformity during the 1950s.
-
Body Wars: Making Peace with Women's Bodies (An Activist's Guide)
By Margo MaineWritten for activists and educators, this cultural critique of female body image discusses the topic as it relates to sports, fashion, advertising, and propaganda, and offers practical strategies for those willing to fight unhealthy or ...
-
Between the World and Me
By Ta-Nehisi Coates#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT ...
-
Governing Bodies: American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique
By Rachel Louise Moran... (London: Profile, 2011); Laura Fraser, Losing It: America's Obsession with Weight and the Industry That Feeds on It (Hialeah, FL: Dutton Press, 1997). 13. Charles Dana Gibson, The Gibson Girl and Her America (New York: Dover Press, ...
-
The Care and Keeping of You Journal 1: For Younger Girls
By Cara NattersonThis companion to our bestselling book, The Care & Keeping of You, received its own all-new makeover!
-
Making American Culture: A Social History, 1900–1920
By P. BradleyPassing Performances: Queer Readings of Leading Players in American Theater History. ... “Towards a Definition of American Modernism. ... Shaping American Telecommunications: A History of Technology, Policy, and Economics.
-
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
By Robert D. PutnamRobinson and Godbey, Time for Life, 126—129. Time diary data are generally more reliable than survey recall questions, and they show less work time and more leisure time. 5. Schor, The Overworked American; Robinson and Godbey, ...