Being fit and looking healthy: Young women's and men's constructions of health and fitness

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 707-716

  Wright, Jan ^a   O'Flynn, Gabrielle ^b   MacDonald, Doune ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fitness; Foucault; Health; Meanings; Post structural; Self constitution; Young men; Young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751528769     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9036-9     Document Type: Article

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