Fitness culture : gyms and the commercialisation of discipline and fun

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    • Sassatelli, Roberta

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Fitness culture : gyms and the commercialisation of discipline and fun

Roberta Sassatelli

(Consumption and public life)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-230) and index

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Description

This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in 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.

Table of Contents

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

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