Embodying Modernity - Race, Gender, and Fitness Culture in Brazil

Contextualizes and Critically Analyzes Fitness Culture within the History of Imperialism

About the author

Daniel F. Silva is associate professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies, director of Black Studies, and director of the Twilight Project at Middlebury College. He is the author of Anti-Empire: Decolonial Interventions in Lusophone Literatures and Subjectivity and the Reproduction of Imperial Power: Empire's Individuals. He has edited and coedited multiple anthologies and is coeditor of the Anthem Press book series Anthem Studies in Race, Power, and Society.

Summary

Explores of role of fitness culture within modern Brazilian society.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Silva
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780822947110
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4711-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 230 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: Pitt Illuminations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous