Laura Spielvogel
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Dr. Laura Spielvogel has a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Yale University (1998).
She specializes in the study of Japanese culture with a particular focus on gender, sport, and popular culture.
She is interested in the construction of health, beauty, and diet in contemporary Japan and has written a book entitled Working Out in Japan: Shaping the Female Body in Tokyo Fitness Clubs (Duke University Press, 2003).