Fitness Culture: Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun by Sassatelli, Roberta

Fitness Culture: Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230507494)

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Fitness Culture: Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun by Sassatelli, Roberta

Fitness Culture: Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun

$54.99
Fitness Culture: Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun by Sassatelli, Roberta

Fitness Culture: Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun

$54.99
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Roberta Sassatelli
ISBN-10: 0230507492
ISBN-13: 9780230507494
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/16/2010
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d

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Choice 06/01/2011
By Roberta Sassatelli
By Roberta Sassatelli
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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.

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