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

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) : illustrations Series e-Duke books scholarly collection. Contents 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 Summary An ethnography of fitness clubs, aerobics, body image, and diet for women in contemporary Japan Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Physical fitness for women -- Social aspects -- Japan Physical fitness centers -- Japan -- Tokyo Body image -- Japan HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Body image Physical fitness centers Fitnesscenter Fitnesstraining Frau Conditietraining. Vrouwen. Club de culture physique. Schéma corporel. Condition physique. Aspect social. Femme. Physical fitness for women -- Social aspects -- Japan. Physical fitness centers -- Japan -- Tokyo. Body image -- Japan. Japan Japan -- Tokyo Tokio Japan Japan. Japon. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822384809 0822384809 1282920782 9781282920781 9786612920783 6612920785

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