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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455920103321

Autore

Dworkin Shari L

Titolo

Body panic [[electronic resource] ] : gender, health, and the selling of fitness / / Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8147-8525-5

0-8147-2074-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WachsFaye Linda

Disciplina

306.4/613

Soggetti

Body image - United States

Advertising, Magazine - United States

Culture - United States

Gender identity - United States

Physical fitness - United States

Exercise - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Are you ripped? Do you need to work on your abs? Do you know your ideal body weight? Your body fat index? Increasingly, Americans are being sold on a fitness ideal - not just thin but toned, not just muscular but cut - that is harder and harder to reach. In Body Panic, Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs ask why. How did these particular body types come to be “fit”? And how is it that having an unfit, or “bad,” body gets conflated with being an unfit, or “bad,” citizen?Dworkin and Wachs head to the newsstand for this study,



examining ten years worth of men’s and women’s health and fitness magazines to determine the ways in which bodies are “made” in today’s culture. They dissect the images, the workouts, and the ideology being sold, as well as the contemporary links among health, morality, citizenship, and identity that can be read on these pages. While women and body image are often studied together, Body Panic considers both women’s and men’s bodies side-by-side and over time in order to offer a more in-depth understanding of this pervasive cultural trend.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140334303321

Autore

Sharp Katie

Titolo

Ellen DeGeneres / / by Katie Sharp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, Mich. : , : Lucent Books, , 2010

ISBN

1-4205-0314-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (96 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

People in the news

Disciplina

792.7028092

Soggetti

Women comedians - United States

Television personalities - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: lessons in perseverance -- Growing up Ellen -- Finding Ellen -- The courage to stand up -- Coming out: "the puppy episode" -- The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Sommario/riassunto

Profiles the life and career of comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres.