The global gym : gender, health and pedagogies

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The global gym : gender, health and pedagogies

Jesper Andreasson and Thomas Johansson

(Global culture and sport / series editors Stephen Wagg and David Andrews)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-189) and index

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Description

By participating in the everyday life of fitness professionals, gym-goers and bodybuilders, The Global Gym explores fitness centres as sites of learning. The authors consider how physical, psychological and cultural knowledge about health and the body is incorporated into people's identity in a local and global gym and fitness context.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 3. Becoming a Fitness Professional 4. Learning Bodily Sensations: Getting the Pump 5. Gender and Fitness in the Global Blogosphere 6. Beauty, Health and Doping Trajectories 7. Healthy and Heavenly Bodies 8. Conclusions Appendix: Method and Methodology

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