Author: Laura Spielvogel
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822330493
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
DIVAn ethnography of fitness clubs, aerobics, body image, and diet for women in contemporary Japan./div
Working Out in Japan
Author: Laura Spielvogel
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822330493
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
DIVAn ethnography of fitness clubs, aerobics, body image, and diet for women in contemporary Japan./div
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822330493
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
DIVAn ethnography of fitness clubs, aerobics, body image, and diet for women in contemporary Japan./div
Working Out in Japan
Author: Laura Spielvogel
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822384809
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Beer, ice cream, and socializing; thighs, abs, and pecs—Japanese fitness clubs combine entertainment and exercise, reflecting the Japanese concept of fitness as encompassing a zest for life as well as physical health. Through an engaging account of these clubs, Working Out in Japan reveals how beauty, bodies, health, and leisure are understood and experienced in Japan today. An aerobics instructor in two of Tokyo’s most popular fitness club chains from 1995 to 1997, Laura Spielvogel captures the diverse voices of club members, workers, and managers; women and men; young and old. Fitness clubs have proliferated in Japanese cities over the past decade. Yet, despite the pervasive influence of a beauty industry that values thinness above all else, they have met with only mixed success . Exploring this paradox, Spielvogel focuses on the tensions and contradictions within the world of Japanese fitness clubs and on the significance of differences between Japanese and North American philosophies of mind and body. Working Out in Japan explores the ways spaces and bodies are organized and regulated within the clubs, the frustrations of female instructors who face various gender inequities, and the difficult demands that the ideal of slimness places on Japanese women. Spielvogel’s vivid investigation illuminates not only the fitness clubs themselves, but also broader cultural developments including the growth of the service industry and the changing character of work and leisure in Japan.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822384809
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Beer, ice cream, and socializing; thighs, abs, and pecs—Japanese fitness clubs combine entertainment and exercise, reflecting the Japanese concept of fitness as encompassing a zest for life as well as physical health. Through an engaging account of these clubs, Working Out in Japan reveals how beauty, bodies, health, and leisure are understood and experienced in Japan today. An aerobics instructor in two of Tokyo’s most popular fitness club chains from 1995 to 1997, Laura Spielvogel captures the diverse voices of club members, workers, and managers; women and men; young and old. Fitness clubs have proliferated in Japanese cities over the past decade. Yet, despite the pervasive influence of a beauty industry that values thinness above all else, they have met with only mixed success . Exploring this paradox, Spielvogel focuses on the tensions and contradictions within the world of Japanese fitness clubs and on the significance of differences between Japanese and North American philosophies of mind and body. Working Out in Japan explores the ways spaces and bodies are organized and regulated within the clubs, the frustrations of female instructors who face various gender inequities, and the difficult demands that the ideal of slimness places on Japanese women. Spielvogel’s vivid investigation illuminates not only the fitness clubs themselves, but also broader cultural developments including the growth of the service industry and the changing character of work and leisure in Japan.
Lectures on Japanese Art Work
Author: Ernest Hart
Publisher:
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Category : Art objects, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Collier's
Author: Hansi
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Collier's Once a Week
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Languages : en
Pages : 832
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The Japan Year Book
Author: Takenobu Yoshitarō
Publisher:
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Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
Includes the sections, "who's who in japan", "business directory", etc.
Publisher:
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Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
Includes the sections, "who's who in japan", "business directory", etc.
Japan Weekly Mail
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Category : English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Category : English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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School Arts
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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The School Arts Magazine
Author: Pedro Joseph Lemos
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 662
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 662
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The Japan Daily Mail
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
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