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

Publication Info.	New York : New York University Press, [2009]
	©2009

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	306.4613 D993B	Check Shelf

Description	viii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.
Contents	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.
Subject	Body image -- United States.
	Advertising, Magazine -- United States.
	Culture -- United States.
	Gender identity -- United States.
	Physical fitness -- United States -- Periodicals.
	Exercise -- Psychological aspects.
	Body Image -- United States.
	Advertising -- trends -- United States.
	Culture -- United States.
	Gender Identity -- United States.
	Periodicals as Topic -- United States.
	Physical Fitness -- psychology -- United States.
Added Author	Wachs, Faye Linda.
ISBN	9780814719671 cloth alkaline paper
	0814719678 cloth alkaline paper
	9780814719688 pb alkaline paper
	0814719686 pb alkaline paper

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