Body Problems: Running and Living Long in a Fast-Food Society
Author:   Ben Agger (University of Texas, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781138658752


Pages:   88
Publication Date:   14 August 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Ben Agger (University of Texas, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.145kg
ISBN:  

9781138658752


ISBN 10:   1138658758
Pages:   88
Publication Date:   14 August 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: What’s a Body to Do? (Scott McNall) 1. There was no Body Problem Until Modernity: Descartes, Henry Ford, Corn Syrup Highways 2. Too Much of a Good Thing, and the Invention of Exercise 3. Body Sciences 4. Body Industries 5. Beyond Industries 6. Food Fights: The Contested Terrain of the American Dinner Plate 7. Vegans Who Run

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Ben Agger (1952–2015) was Professor of Sociology and Humanities and Director of the Center for Theory at the University of Texas at Arlington. Among his last published books were Texting Toward Utopia: Kids, Writing, and Resistance (2013) and Oversharing: Presentations of Self in the Internet Age (2012).

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