{"product_id":"gym-bodies-james-brighton-9781138666269","title":"Gym Bodies: Exploring Fitness Cultures","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on empirical research, this fascinating new book explores the embodied experiences of 'gym goers' and the fitness cultures that are constructed within gyms and fitness spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGym Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e offers a personal, interactive, ethnographic account of the multiplicity of contemporary gym practices, spaces and cultures, including bodybuilding, CrossFit and Spinning. It argues that gym bodies are historically constructed, social, sensual, emotional and political; that experience intersects with multiple embodied identities; and that fitness cultures are profoundly important in shaping the body in wider contemporary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is important reading for students, tutors and researchers working in sport and exercise studies, sociology of the body, health studies, leisure, cultural studies, gender and education. It is also a valuable resource for policy makers and practitioners within the fields of sport, leisure, health and education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Brighton,Ian Wellard,Amy Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138666262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138666269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"James Brighton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087760273663,"sku":"9781138666269","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44eecee4-ef13-4631-88fa-d3c5d52daaad.jpg?v=1769101244","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gym-bodies-james-brighton-9781138666269","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}