Let's get physical : how women discovered exercise and reshaped the world /
Friedman, Danielle,
Let's get physical : how women discovered exercise and reshaped the world / Let us get physical How women discovered exercise and reshaped the world Danielle Friedman. - xxiii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sweat -- Reduce -- Tuck -- Run -- Bounce -- Burn -- Lift -- Stretch -- Expand -- Where are they now?
"A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women's exercise culture--from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda--and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power"-- For much of the twentieth century sweating was considered unladylike and girls grew up believing physical exertion would cause their uterus to literally fall out. It was only in the sixties that women began to move en masse. Friedman reveals the hidden history of contemporary women's fitness culture, and shows how exercise evolved from a beauty tool pitched almost exclusively as a way to "reduce" into a path to mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Each chapter uncovers the birth of a fitness movement that laid the foundation for working out today-- and how fitness can create a more powerful sisterhood. -- adapted from jacket
9780593188422 059318842X
2021046686
Exercise for women--History.
Physical fitness.
Feminism.
Let's get physical : how women discovered exercise and reshaped the world / Let us get physical How women discovered exercise and reshaped the world Danielle Friedman. - xxiii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sweat -- Reduce -- Tuck -- Run -- Bounce -- Burn -- Lift -- Stretch -- Expand -- Where are they now?
"A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative that explores the untold history of women's exercise culture--from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda--and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power"-- For much of the twentieth century sweating was considered unladylike and girls grew up believing physical exertion would cause their uterus to literally fall out. It was only in the sixties that women began to move en masse. Friedman reveals the hidden history of contemporary women's fitness culture, and shows how exercise evolved from a beauty tool pitched almost exclusively as a way to "reduce" into a path to mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Each chapter uncovers the birth of a fitness movement that laid the foundation for working out today-- and how fitness can create a more powerful sisterhood. -- adapted from jacket
9780593188422 059318842X
2021046686
Exercise for women--History.
Physical fitness.
Feminism.