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Working out in Japan : shaping the female body in Tokyo fitness clubs

Title
Working out in Japan : shaping the female body in Tokyo fitness clubs / Laura Spielvogel.
Author
Spielvogel, Laura, 1970-
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.

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Description
xii, 250 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Physical fitness for women > Social aspects > Japan
  • Physical fitness centers > Japan > Tokyo
  • Body image > Japan
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-241) and index.
Contents
The history of aerobics in Japan -- The sexy American import -- The discipline of space -- The discipline of bodies -- Cigarettes and aerobics: frustrations with gender inequities in the club -- Young, proportionate, leggy, and thin: the ideal female body -- Selfishly skinny or selflessly starving.
Call Number
JFE 03-5169
ISBN
  • 0822330377 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822330490 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002012949
OCLC
50417238
Author
Spielvogel, Laura, 1970-
Title
Working out in Japan : shaping the female body in Tokyo fitness clubs / Laura Spielvogel.
Imprint
Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-241) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 03-5169
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