Description: Further DetailsTitle: Fit CitizensCondition: NewSubtitle: A History of Black Women's Exercise from Post-Reconstruction to Postwar AmericaEAN: 9781469672724ISBN: 9781469672724Publisher: The University of North Carolina PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/11/2023Description: At the turn of the twentieth century, as African Americans struggled against white social and political oppression, Black women devised novel approaches to the fight for full citizenship. In opposition to white-led efforts to restrict their freedom of movement, Black women used various exercises—calisthenics, gymnastics, athletics, and walking—to demonstrate their physical and moral fitness for citizenship. Black women's participation in the modern exercise movement grew exponentially in the first half of the twentieth century and became entwined with larger campaigns of racial uplift and Black self-determination. Black newspapers, magazines, advice literature, and public health reports all encouraged this emphasis on exercise as a reflection of civic virtue.In the first historical study of Black women's exercise, Ava Purkiss reveals that physical activity was not merely a path to self-improvement but also a means to expand notions of Black citizenship. Through this narrative of national belonging, Purkiss explores how exercise enabled Black women to reimagine Black bodies, health, beauty, and recreation in the twentieth century. Fit Citizens places Black women squarely within the history of American physical fitness and sheds light on how African Americans gave new meaning to the concept of exercising citizenship.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 155mmAuthor: Ava PurkissGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Gender Sex & RelationshipsBook Series: Gender and American CultureItem Weight: 272gRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Fit Citizens
Title: Fit Citizens
Subtitle: A History of Black Women's Exercise from Post-Reconstruction to P
EAN: 9781469672724
ISBN: 9781469672724
Release Date: 04/11/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Publication Name: FIT Citizens : a History of Black Women's Exercise from Post-Reconstruction to Postwar America
Language: English
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Public Health, Sociology of Sports, Women's Studies, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: AVA Purkiss
Subject Area: Sports & Recreation, Social Science, Medical
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Gender and American Culture Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
