Fitness culture: gyms and the commercialisation of discipline and fun

This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developedin commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption. INDICE: - Introduction - Fitness Culture, Fit Bodies and the Ethnography of the Gym - The Cultural Location of Fitness Gyms - Spatiality and Temporality- Interaction and Relational Codes - Framing Fitness - Discipline and Fun - The Culture of the Fit Body - Fit Bodies, Strong Selves - Conclusions: Embodiment, Agency and Consumer Culture - References - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-50749-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 03/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés