Body Knowledge and Control: Studies in the Sociology of Physical Education and Health: Studies in the Sociology of Education and Physical Culture

by Brian Davies (Editor), JohnEvans (Editor), JanWright (Editor), Dr Chris Shilling (Foreword), Jan Wright (Editor), John Evans (Editor), Brian Davies (Editor), Dr Chris Shilling (Foreword)

• New

  Hardcover
  2003

  $158.69

  This text looks at how contemporary societies are besotted with the body , its size, shape and health , and how governments, business and the popular media spend and earn fortunes encouraging populations to get healthy, eat properly, exercise daily and get thin.