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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.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Reviews
"This engaging exploration of what sustains gym membership as a consumer practice will be of interest to scholars of studies of consumption, the body, leisure and health." - CHOICE Review
"Rejecting cultural dupe models, so prevalent in consumerist analyses of fitness, Sassatelli provides a comprehensive analysis of the range of complicated and sometimes contradictory meanings that participants use to understand their continued participation in a commodified fitness culture." - Journal of Consumer Culture
"Sassatelli has written a great book which will be of wide interest and value to scholars of both embodiment and consumption as well as to the narrower fraternity of 'gym researchers.'" - SocioLogica
"An important contribution to contemporary thought on consumer culture." - Journal of Sociology
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fitness Culture
Book Subtitle: Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun
Authors: Roberta Sassatelli
Series Title: Consumption and Public Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230292086
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-50749-4Published: 16 August 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35348-4Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-29208-6Published: 16 August 2010
Series ISSN: 2947-8227
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8235
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 236
Topics: Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Regional and Cultural Studies, Sociology of the Body, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Nursing, Sport Psychology