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Fitness, the Body and Society: An Introduction

Jennifer Smith Maguire

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Description:Fitness has become our obsession. From state initiatives to improve public health through exercise, through the commodification of fitness driven by the media and the fitness industry, to an individual's quest to build the perfect body in the gym, we are all being encouraged to strive for fitness.In this important new introductory textbook, Jennifer Smith Maguire explores the socio-cultural study of fitness, examining our shifting notions of fitness and health and assessing their cultural, political and economic impact. The book presents a comprehensive overview of existing research, including the most important theoretical and methodological perspectives, and explains how fitness and the body are understood by nations, economic systems, communities and individuals. Multi-disciplinary in scope, the book introduces key topics such as:fitness and identityfitness and genderthe individual body and the social bodyhealthism and the political economy of healththe role of fitness practitioners, personal trainers and exercise instructorsthe health clubfitness at local and global levelsfitness and the world of work. The book includes a full range of useful features, such as discussion questions, research tasks, critical reflection exercises, and guides to further reading and resources, as well as extensive extracts from key writings on related topics. Fitness, the Body and Society is an essential course text for all students of the sociology of fitness, health, the body, exercise or sport.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fitness, the Body and Society: An Introduction. To get started finding Fitness, the Body and Society: An Introduction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2011

ISBN: 0415483921

Description: Fitness has become our obsession. From state initiatives to improve public health through exercise, through the commodification of fitness driven by the media and the fitness industry, to an individual's quest to build the perfect body in the gym, we are all being encouraged to strive for fitness.In this important new introductory textbook, Jennifer Smith Maguire explores the socio-cultural study of fitness, examining our shifting notions of fitness and health and assessing their cultural, political and economic impact. The book presents a comprehensive overview of existing research, including the most important theoretical and methodological perspectives, and explains how fitness and the body are understood by nations, economic systems, communities and individuals. Multi-disciplinary in scope, the book introduces key topics such as:fitness and identityfitness and genderthe individual body and the social bodyhealthism and the political economy of healththe role of fitness practitioners, personal trainers and exercise instructorsthe health clubfitness at local and global levelsfitness and the world of work. The book includes a full range of useful features, such as discussion questions, research tasks, critical reflection exercises, and guides to further reading and resources, as well as extensive extracts from key writings on related topics. Fitness, the Body and Society is an essential course text for all students of the sociology of fitness, health, the body, exercise or sport.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fitness, the Body and Society: An Introduction. To get started finding Fitness, the Body and Society: An Introduction, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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