Harry L. Shapiro
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A 1990 obituary is reprinted for Harry L. Shapiro, a physical anthropology curator for the American Museum of Natural History. Shapiro's contributions included establishing human biology research programs in India, and advancing genetic findings concerning Peking Man at China's Institute of Human Paleontology.
Publication Name: Social Biology
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0037-766X
Year: 1999
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Exercising options: holistic health and technical beauty in gendered accounts of bodywork
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Health and beauty rhetoric in accounts of aerobic fitness classes is explored on the basis of the qualitative analysis of thirty-four women. How commitment is sustained by holistic rather than technical idealizations of female beauty is illustrated.
Publication Name: The Sociological Quarterly
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0038-0253
Year: 2003
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