Roberta Sassatelli: Fitness Culture

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

ROBERTA SASSATELLI is Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology, Department of Social and Political Studies at the University of Milan, Italy. She has published widely on consumer culture and the sociology of the body and cultural theory. Her most recent publication in English is Consumer Culture: History, Theory and Politics.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	x 236 S.
ISBN-13:	9781349353484
ISBN-10:	1349353485
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Sassatelli, Roberta
Auflage:	1st edition 2014
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	216 x 140 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Roberta Sassatelli
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.01.2014
Gewicht:	0,317 kg