Dreamgirl by Mary Wilson

Dreamgirl by Mary Wilson

Very often, my workouts are the best part of my day, notes feminist writer Jo Malin. My Life at the Gym celebrates women's experiences of exercise and the found spaces for this activity as places of community with other women. Neither elite athletes nor dancers, the contributors to this volume are well aware of the negative cultural messages about women's bodies that may influence body work. Yet, like many women, they have found comfortable and healthful spaces that allow them to enjoy exercise and take care of the physical needs of their bodies. Through diverse essays, personal accounts, and poems, contributors portray everyday lives in which meaning comes from movement and from the companions they move with in a variety of activities from running, walking, swimming, and skiing to boxing, Morris dancing, and yoga, among others. A unique, positive, and largely unremarked view of exercise and its place in women's lives, this book will resonate with and inspire many readers.

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ISBN 13	9780312907594
ISBN 10	0312907591
Title	Dreamgirl
Author	Mary Wilson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	St Martin's Press
Year published	1987-09-01
Number of pages	0
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