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'Working out' for two: performances of 'fitness' and femininity in Australian prenatal aerobics classes
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Nash, M, 'Working out' for two: performances of 'fitness' and femininity in Australian prenatal aerobics classes, Gender, Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, 19, (4) pp. 449-471. ISSN 1360-0524 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/0966369X.2011.624589
Abstract
In this article, I consider the distinctly classed places/spaces in which affluent Australian pregnant women physically maintain their bodies through aerobics. The case study described is drawn from data obtained between 2006 and 2008 in a longitudinal study examining feelings about body image and ‘fatness’ in a sample of pregnant women in Melbourne, Australia. The ways in which pregnant bodies are disciplined within gym spaces are discussed through a case study of a prenatal fitness centre, FitForTwo, and drawing on narrative data of pregnant informants. FitForTwo is described as a primary site for the performance of ‘fit’ pregnancy and underscored by bodies that can be shaped, trained, moulded and modified. This case study is analysed against a backdrop of a growing Australian moral panics about ‘fighting’ maternal obesity. It adds to a body of feminist geographical and qualitative studies of pregnancy, bringing both a more sustained, longitudinal analysis than previously offered, and an Australian context that offers rich comparative material.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | Nash, M (Associate Professor Meredith Nash) |
ID Code: | 73669 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 14 |
Deposited By: | Sociology and Social Work |
Deposited On: | 2011-10-21 |
Last Modified: | 2017-10-05 |
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