xv, 223 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
Contents:
The shape of history -- Selling the body beautiful, 1900-1930s -- America shapes up, 1930s-1950s -- The machine age, 1960s-1970s -- Gotta move, 1960s-1980s -- The buff culture, 1970s-1990s -- Pumping up business, 1980s-1990s -- Fitness today -- Why exercise?
Summary:
"Jonathan Black gives us a backstage look at an industry and the people that have left an indelible mark on the American body and the consciousness it houses. ... With insights drawn from more than fifty interviews and attention to key developments in bodybuilding, aerobics, equipment, health clubs, running, sports medicine, group exercise, Pilates, and yoga, Making the American Body reveals how a focus on fitness has shaped not only our physiques but also, and more profoundly, American ideas of what 'fitness' is."--From publisher description.
