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. 2017 Jul:46:322-327.
doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.11.011. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

Running, health and the disciplining of women's bodies: The influence of technology and nature

Jo Little  1
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Running, health and the disciplining of women's bodies: The influence of technology and nature

Jo Little. Health Place. 2017 Jul.

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between health, the body and exercise through an examination of women's running practices. Drawing on a series of original interviews with women it shows how running reflects anxieties about health and the unruly body and how running practices are firmly linked to ideas about body size and shape and to the 'ghosts' of potential, future illness. The paper then explores the ways in which running practices are shaped by attitudes to technology and by the relationship between nature, environment and the body.

Keywords: Gender; Health; Nature; Running; Technology; The body.

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