Physical Culture and the Body Beautiful

Physical Culture and the Body Beautiful
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Publisher : Mercer University Press
Total Pages : 398
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ISBN-10 : 0865545618
ISBN-13 : 9780865545618
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Physical Culture and the Body Beautiful by : Jan Todd

Download or read book Physical Culture and the Body Beautiful written by Jan Todd and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Todd (kinesiology and health education, U. of Texas, Austin) discusses the diverse spectrum of women's exercise in the antebellum era-- especially exercise systems related to an ideal of womanhood--and the ways that purposive training influenced American women physically, intellectually, and emotionally. She also considers the contributions of several physical education figures: Sarah Pierce, Mary Lyon, William Bentley Fowle, Catherine Beecher, David P. Butler, Dio Lewis, and the phrenologist Orson S. Fowler. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.


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