The Age of Fitness. Jürgen Martschukat

      Originally published in German as Das Zeitalter der Fitness. Copyright © 2019 S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main

      This English edition © 2021 by Polity Press

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      ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4565-0

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      Names: Martschukat, Jürgen, author. | Skinner, Alex, translator.

      Title: The age of fitness : how the body came to symbolize success and achievement / Jürgen Martschukat ; translated by Alex Skinner.

      Other titles: Zeitalter der Fitness. English

      Description: Medford : Polity Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “Why the pursuit of fitness has become a central preoccupation of modern life”-- Provided by publisher.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2020033791 (print) | LCCN 2020033792 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509545636 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509545650 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Body image. | Physical fitness. | Success. | Performance.

      Classification: LCC BF697.5.B63 M37713 2021 (print) | LCC BF697.5.B63 (ebook) | DDC 306.4/613--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020033791 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020033792

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