The Global Gym [electronic resource] : Gender, Health and Pedagogies /
Andreasson, J.author.
Johansson, T.author.
By participating in the everyday life of fitness professionals, gym-goers and bodybuilders, The Global Gym explores fitness centres as sites of learning. The authors consider how physical, psychological and cultural knowledge about health and the body is incorporated into people's identity in a local and global gym and fitness context.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Historical and Contemporary Perspectives; 3 Becoming a Fitness Professional; 4 Learning Bodily Sensations - Getting the Pump; 5 Gender and Fitness in the Global Blogosphere; 6 Beauty, Health and Doping Trajectories; 7 Healthy and Heavenly Bodies?; 8 Conclusions; Appendix: Method and Methodology; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
By participating in the everyday life of fitness professionals, gym-goers and bodybuilders, The Global Gym explores fitness centres as sites of learning. The authors consider how physical, psychological and cultural knowledge about health and the body is incorporated into people's identity in a local and global gym and fitness context.
Sociology.
Sports—Psychological aspects.
Sports—Sociological aspects.
Human body—Social aspects.
Popular works.
Sports.
Gender Studies.
Sport Psychology.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Sociology of the Body.
Popular Science, general.
Popular Science in Sports.