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UNINA9910974460703321 |
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Autore |
Lau Kimberly J |
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Titolo |
Body language : sisters in shape, black women's fitness, and feminist identity politics / / Kimberly J. Lau |
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Philadelphia, Pa., : Temple University Press, 2011 |
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9786613196347 |
9781283196345 |
1283196344 |
9781439903100 |
1439903107 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (204 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Feminism - United States |
Feminist theory - Political aspects |
Group identity - United States |
African American women - Social conditions |
Self-care, Health - United States |
Women - Socialization - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The anatomy of a movement -- Experience : spirituality, sisterhood, and the unspeakable -- Performance : negotiating multiple black womanhoods -- New bodies of knowledge -- Re-articulating feminist identity politics. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In her evocative ethnographic study, Body Language, Kimberly Lau traces the multiple ways in which the success of an innovative fitness program illuminates what identity means to its Black female clientele and how their group interaction provides a new perspective on feminist theories of identity politics-especially regarding the significance of identity to political activism and social change.Sisters in Shape, Inc., Fitness Consultants (SIS), a Philadelphia company, promotes balance in physical, mental, and spiritual health. Its program goes beyond workouts, as it edu |
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