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This bookprovides 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
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Bodies, Consumers and the Ethnography of Commercial Gyms
- 1 The Cultural Location of Fitness Gyms
- 2 Spatiality and Temporality
- 3 Interaction and Relational Codes
- 4 Framing Fitness
- 5 Discipline and Fun
- 6 The Culture of the Fit Body
- 7 Fit Bodies, Strong Selves
- Conclusion: Embodiment, Subjectivity and Consumer Culture
- Notes
- References
- Index