Fit for consumption
Subtitle: sociology and the business of fitness
By: Jennifer Smith Maguire.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415421805; 9780415421812
Subjects: Physical fitness -- Social aspects; Physical fitness -- Economic aspects; Physical fitness -- Health aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Making sense of fitness; title: The roots of fitness : physical culture and physical capital; title: Health clubs : the stratification of fitness sites; title: Fitness media : an education in the fitness lifestyle; title: Personal trainers : in the service of fitness; title: Lessons from the fitness field.