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Fitness Culture: Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun

Fitness Culture: Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun

Hardcover

Series: Consumption and Public Life

General Sociology

ISBN10: 0230507492
ISBN13: 9780230507494
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Aug 16 2010
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
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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