Fitness symbols: the physical exercise programmes for health and beauty by famous actresses

In recent years we have seen the proliferation of books on some kinds of physical exercise whose supposed belief is that staying healthy is directly related to a socially acceptable physique. Health and beauty go hand in hand in these books, and they are presented as being a result of practising a t...

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Published inCuadernos Complutenses de historia de la medicina y de la ciencia Vol. 2; p. 313
Main Author del Díaz Montero, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 1993
Subjects
Beauty
Europe
Exercise
Famous Persons
History, 20th Century
Humans
Motion Pictures - history
Physical Fitness
Symbolism
United States
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Summary:In recent years we have seen the proliferation of books on some kinds of physical exercise whose supposed belief is that staying healthy is directly related to a socially acceptable physique. Health and beauty go hand in hand in these books, and they are presented as being a result of practising a technique which is advocted by some successful figure in society such as a film actress. Four different models are analysed, each one of which corresponds to a value set by western society--beauty, competitiveness ...--or other values such as --serenity and harmony--the perceived lack of which is both sought and taken from other cultures.