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  • When Fitness Went Global

    The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century

    by Conor Heffernan ...
    Fitness, exercise and physical culture is a key part of our modern lives, but has this always been the case? In this book, Conor Heffernan shows how the 19th century was critical for the development of the modern fitness industry, and how the globalization of physical culture was entangled in, and spread by, concepts of nationalism, gender, race, empire and medicine.From yoga and gymnastics to ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Indian Club Swinging and the Birth of Global Fitness

    Mugdars, Masculinity and Marketing

    by Conor Heffernan ...
    Emerging in colonial India, the fitness fad that was Indian Club Swinging became a global exercise practice in the early 19th century. Used by physicians, soldiers, gymnasts, children and athletes alike, clubs were used to solve numerous social concerns and ills, and often prescribed to treat everything from depression to spinal abnormalities. This book provides a definitive account of the rise ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The History of Physical Culture in Ireland

    by Conor Heffernan ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book is the first to deal with physical culture in an Irish context, covering educational, martial and recreational histories. Deemed by many to be a precursor to the modern interest in health and gym cultures, physical culture was a late nineteenth and early twentieth century interest in personal health which spanned national and transnational histories. It encompassed gymnasiums, homes, ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Theorising the Contemporary Zombie

    Contextual Pasts, Presents, and Futures

    Edited by Conor Heffernan, Scott Eric Hamilton ...
    Series series Horror Studies
    Zombies have become an increasingly popular object of research in academic studies and, of course, in popular media. Over the past decade, they have been employed to explain mathematical equations, vortex phenomena in astrophysics, the need for improved laws, issues within higher education, and even the structure of human societies. Despite the surge of interest in the zombie as a critical ... Read more

    $30.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Before We Were Trans

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  • A Nation and Not a Rabble

    The Irish Revolution 1913–1923

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  • A Lab of One's Own

    Science and Suffrage in the First World War

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  • Home

    A Very Short Introduction

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