Gym Bodies : Exploring Fitness Cultures Hardback
by James Brighton, Ian Wellard, Amy Clark
Part of the Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society series
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Drawing on empirical research, this fascinating new book explores the embodied experiences of ‘gym goers’ and the fitness cultures that are constructed within gyms and fitness spaces. Gym Bodies offers a personal, interactive, ethnographic account of the multiplicity of contemporary gym practices, spaces and cultures, including bodybuilding, CrossFit and Spinning.
It argues that gym bodies are historically constructed, social, sensual, emotional and political; that experience intersects with multiple embodied identities; and that fitness cultures are profoundly important in shaping the body in wider contemporary culture. This is important reading for students, tutors and researchers working in sport and exercise studies, sociology of the body, health studies, leisure, cultural studies, gender and education.
It is also a valuable resource for policy makers and practitioners within the fields of sport, leisure, health and education.
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- Pages:212 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 22 Halftones, black and whit
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:16/10/2020
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- ISBN:9781138666269
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:212 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 22 Halftones, black and whit
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:16/10/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138666269