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Working out in Japan : shaping the female body in Tokyo fitness clubs / Laura Spielvogel.

Author/creator Spielvogel, Laura, 1970-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2003.
Descriptionxii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-241) and index.
LCCN 2002012949
ISBN0822330377 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822330490 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GV482 .S67 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold