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Fitness Culture [electronic resource] : Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun / by Roberta Sassatelli.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Consumption and Public LifePublisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Edition: 1st ed. 2010Description: X, 236 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780230292086
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.3 23
Online resources: In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: 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.
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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.