HEALTH, APPEARANCE AND FITNESS PRACTICES: HOW CLASS AND GENDER ARE REPRESENTED IN FOUR YOUNG WOMEN’S UNDERSTANDINGS OF THEIR FITNESS PRACTICES
This thesis presents results from a qualitative study of how young women make sense of their fitness practices. Fitness practices related to diet and exercise are culturally linked to both appearance and health and tend to focus more on changing or maintaining the outside of body (appearance) rather...
Main Author: | DORNEY, KARIMA JADE |
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Other Authors: | Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)) |
Language: | en en |
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2011
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6718 |
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