Fitness Culture
Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun
Part of the Consumption and Public Life book series (CUCO)
About this book
Introduction
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.
Keywords
consumption fitness gender interaction sociology
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230292086
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave Social Sciences Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-349-35348-4
- Online ISBN 978-0-230-29208-6
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