03020oam 22007214a 450 991078179820332120170816134810.01-283-19634-497866131963471-4399-0310-72027/heb34324(CKB)2550000000042899(EBL)735568(OCoLC)854519891(SSID)ssj0000521215(PQKBManifestationID)11309517(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521215(PQKBWorkID)10517536(PQKB)10385439(MiAaPQ)EBC735568(OCoLC)794700764(MdBmJHUP)muse15277(dli)HEB34324.0001.001(MiU)MIU01200000000000000000216(EXLCZ)99255000000004289920110121d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBody LanguageSisters in Shape, Black Women's Fitness, and Feminist Identity Politics /Kimberly J. LauPhiladelphia, Pa. :Temple University Press,2011.Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE, 2012©2011.1 online resource (204 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4399-0308-5 1-4399-0309-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 eduWomenSocializationUnited StatesSelf-care, HealthUnited StatesAfrican American womenSocial conditionsGroup identityUnited StatesFeminist theoryPolitical aspectsFeminismUnited StatesElectronic books. WomenSocializationSelf-care, HealthAfrican American womenSocial conditions.Group identityFeminist theoryPolitical aspects.Feminism305.48/896073Lau Kimberly J801347MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910781798203321Body Language3817253UNINA