Making the American body : the remarkable saga of the men and women whose feats, feuds, and passions shaped fitness history / Jonathan Black
Material type:
TextLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]Description: xv, 223 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780803243705
- GV 510.U5 .B561 2013
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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American Learning Resource
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Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center | GV 510.U5 .B561 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 9ALRC201100740 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.
Here the author 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, this book 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
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