Title Managing the body : beauty, health, and fitness in Britain, 1880-1939 / Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 394 pages) : illustrations Contents pt. I. 1880-1914. Modern urban lifestyles, degeneration, and the male body ; The fit male body, nation, and Empire ; The modern woman as race mother -- pt. II. 1918-1939. Building an 'A 1 nation' : health and life reform in the 1920s ; Reconstructing the male body ; The modern female body as a mass phenomenon ; National fitness in the 1930s Summary 'Managing the Body' explores the emergence of modern male and female bodies within the context of debates about racial fitness and active citizenship in Britain from the 1880s until 1939 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Physical fitness -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Physical fitness -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Body image -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Body image -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Gender identity -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Gender identity -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Physical education and training -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Physical education and training -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Physical Fitness -- history Body Image -- history Gender Identity -- history Physical Education and Training -- history Health and Fitness. Body image Gender identity Physical education and training Physical fitness -- Social aspects Körperkultur Great Britain Großbritannien Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Oxford University Press ISBN 9780199280520 0199280525 9780191594878 0191594873

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