Body Problems : Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society.
Agger, Ben.
Body Problems : Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society. - 2nd ed. - Florence : Routledge, 2019. - 1 online resource (107 pages) - Framing 21st Century Social Issues Ser. .
Body Problems addresses the relationship between the body and society in a fast-food culture. Agger focuses on issues of food, exercise, work, dieting and eating disorders, fashion, bariatric and cosmetic surgery, and health. He addresses a growing, fundamental dilemma that we have ample access to abundant calories yet 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. This second edition has been updated to include a new chapter on food capitalism and a concluding passage arguing Cartesian dualism can be resolved by exercising vegans in ways that would thwart this food capitalism and give people immense control over their bodies, health, and well-being. The book is ideal for courses in introductory sociology, social problems, work, sociology of sport and leisure, gender, and health and illness.
9781317217459 1317217454 9781315620602 131562060X 9781317217435 1317217438 9781317217442 1317217446
Human body--Social aspects.
Food consumption--Social aspects.
Physical fitness--Social aspects.
Health--Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
HM636
306.4613
Body Problems : Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society. - 2nd ed. - Florence : Routledge, 2019. - 1 online resource (107 pages) - Framing 21st Century Social Issues Ser. .
Body Problems addresses the relationship between the body and society in a fast-food culture. Agger focuses on issues of food, exercise, work, dieting and eating disorders, fashion, bariatric and cosmetic surgery, and health. He addresses a growing, fundamental dilemma that we have ample access to abundant calories yet 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. This second edition has been updated to include a new chapter on food capitalism and a concluding passage arguing Cartesian dualism can be resolved by exercising vegans in ways that would thwart this food capitalism and give people immense control over their bodies, health, and well-being. The book is ideal for courses in introductory sociology, social problems, work, sociology of sport and leisure, gender, and health and illness.
9781317217459 1317217454 9781315620602 131562060X 9781317217435 1317217438 9781317217442 1317217446
Human body--Social aspects.
Food consumption--Social aspects.
Physical fitness--Social aspects.
Health--Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
HM636
306.4613