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Kunitz, Daniel, author.
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Physical fitness -- Social aspects.
Physical education and training -- Social aspects.
Exercise -- Social aspects.
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Lift : fitness cultu...
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Lift : fitness culture, from naked Greeks and acrobats to jazzercise and ninja warriors / Daniel Kunitz.
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Kunitz, Daniel, author.
New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2016.
Subjects
Physical fitness -- Social aspects.
Physical education and training -- Social aspects.
Exercise -- Social aspects.
ISBN:
9780062336187 (hardcover)
0062336185 (hardcover)
Description:
viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Into the new frontier -- The inner statue -- But is it good for you? -- Feeling, breathing, going to war -- Bodyweight politics -- Hercules and the athletic Renaissance -- Training for the mirror -- Acrobats and beefcake -- The tyranny of the wheel -- From women's work to the women's movement -- Practicing at life.
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"A cultural history of fitness explores the ways in which human exercise has changed over time and what can be learned from our athletic ancestors, evaluating whether today's high-tech exercise machines are actually productive while making recommendations based on early health practices"--NoveList.
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Kaimuki Public Library
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613.7 Ku
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