Brad Millington

Fitness, Technology and Society (eBook, ePUB)

Amusing Ourselves to Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The fitness industry is experiencing a boom characterized by the proliferation of technology, from video games to wearable fitness trackers. While this may benefit health, it also raises questions about the nature of our relationship with technology. This is the first book to examine these questions through a critical scholarly lens.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317365020
• Artikelnr.: 49268126

Autorenporträt

Brad Millington is a Lecturer in the Department for Health at the University of Bath, UK. Previously, he completed a PhD in Kinesiology at The University of British Columbia and held a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto. His research is broadly focused on physical culture and the meanings, practices, and technologies associated with the active body. In 2016, he was the recipient of the Sociology of Sport Journal Early Career Researcher Award

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The New Fitness Boom 1. Historicizing Fitness Technology 2. A
Game for Everyone: The Fitness-Technology Complex 3. Be Your Best Self:
Gamification, Optimization, Surveillance 4. Anywhere, Anytime: Fitness
Technology and Mobile Privatization 5. Becoming With: Negotiating
Technology Consumption Conclusion: Amusing Ourselves to Life