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Body Language : Sisters in Shape, Black Women's Fitness, and Feminist Identity Politics / / Kimberly J. Lau



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Autore: Lau Kimberly J Visualizza persona
Titolo: Body Language : Sisters in Shape, Black Women's Fitness, and Feminist Identity Politics / / Kimberly J. Lau Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pa. : , : Temple University Press, , 2011
Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2012
©2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (204 p.)
Disciplina: 305.48/896073
Soggetto topico: Women - Socialization - United States
Self-care, Health - United States
African American women - Social conditions
Group identity - United States
Feminist theory - Political aspects
Feminism - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Body Language  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-19634-4
9786613196347
1-4399-0310-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822836803321
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