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Body Problems: Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society - Framing 21st Century Social Issues Agger, Ben (University of Texas, USA) 1st edition
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Body Problems: Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society - Framing 21st Century Social Issues
Agger, Ben (University of Texas, USA)
This book addresses the relationship between the body and society in a fast-food society. Agger focuses on issues of food, exercise, work, dieting and eating disorders, fashion, bariatric and cosmetic surgery, and health. He addresses the dilemma that we have ample access to abundant calories but lead lifestyles and have jobs that for the most part do not enable us to expend those calories. He proposes solutions, both individual and structural, that involve re-orienting ourselves to exercise as play. The book can be used in introductory sociology, social problems, work, sociology of sport, gender, health and illness.
The goal of this new, unique Series is to offer readable, teachable "thinking frames" on today?s social problems and social issues by leading scholars, all in short 60 page or shorter formats, and available for view on http://routledge.customgateway.com/routledge-social-issues.html
For instructors teaching a wide range of courses in the social sciences, the Routledge Social Issues Collection now offers the best of both worlds: originally written short texts that provide "overviews" to important social issues as well as teachable excerpts from larger works previously published by Routledge and other presses.
82 pages, 5 black & white halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 21, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138143920 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 72 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 181 g (Weight (estimated)) |
| Language | English |
