Review of 'Body panic: gender, health and the selling of fitness', by Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs: New York and London, New York University Press, 2009, 272 pp., US$22.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-8147-1968-8

Duane Duncan

doi:10.1080/13691058.2010.524728

Review of 'Body panic: gender, health and the selling of fitness', by Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs: New York and London, New York University Press, 2009, 272 pp., US$22.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-8147-1968-8

Duane Duncan

Sociology & Criminology

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In 'Body panic: gender, health and the selling of fitness', Shari Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs analyse the gendered representation of fitness in a number of high profile US fitness/lifestyle magazines between 1998 and 2007. The authors argue that such magazines sell a narrow definition of 'health' to consumers, underpinned by a profit imperative that has a number of social justice implications.

Original language	English
Pages	245-247
Volume	13
No.	2
Specialist publication	Culture, Health and Sexuality
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2010.524728
Publication status	Published - 2011

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Culture, Gender, Sexuality

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