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Exploring the intersection of fitness and society, the author examines America's exercise culture and its paradox of widespread physical unfitness amid a booming fitness industry. The narrative highlights fitness as a reflection of education, social class, and wealth, revealing how it has been privatized in a neoliberal context. By featuring figures like Charles Atlas and Jane Fonda, the book illustrates the cultural and political dimensions of exercise, showcasing its role in shaping American identity and ideology.
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Fit Nation, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
- Jazyk
- Rok vydania
- 2023
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- Titul
- Fit Nation
- Podtitul
- The Gains and Pains of America's Exercise Obsession
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
- Vydavateľ
- The University of Chicago Press
- Rok vydania
- 2023
- Väzba
- pevná
- Počet strán
- 424
- ISBN13
- 9780226651101
- Série
- Kategórie
- Hodnotenie
- 3,65 z 5
- Anotácia
- Exploring the intersection of fitness and society, the author examines America's exercise culture and its paradox of widespread physical unfitness amid a booming fitness industry. The narrative highlights fitness as a reflection of education, social class, and wealth, revealing how it has been privatized in a neoliberal context. By featuring figures like Charles Atlas and Jane Fonda, the book illustrates the cultural and political dimensions of exercise, showcasing its role in shaping American identity and ideology.