James Brighton, Ian Wellard, Amy Clark

Gym Bodies (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring Fitness Cultures

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating new book explores the embodied experiences of 'gym goers' and the fitness cultures that are constructed within gyms and fitness spaces, drawing on cutting-edge empirical research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317214106
• Artikelnr.: 60031877

Autorenporträt

James Brighton is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport and Exercise at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. His theoretical and empirical research interests lie in the social and cultural analysis of sport and fitness, the sociology of the body and disability studies. Methodologically, he is interested in interpretive forms of qualitative inquiry including ethnography, life history and narrative analyses. He is also a qualified fitness instructor and personal trainer.

Ian Wellard is an independent writer based in Cornwall, UK. His main research interests relate to embodied practices, physical activity, gender and sport. Much of this research has been generated through ethnographic studies, which draw upon qualitative and reflexive approaches to the ways in which embodied identities are constructed and negotiated. Ian is also a qualified Level 2 CrossFit coach.

Amy Clark is an independent scholar based in Kent, UK. Her doctoral research employed a feminist phenomenological framework to help reveal the embodied experiences of women within fitness cultures. Methodologically, she is interested in how sensuous forms of ethnography can be used to explore lived, fleshy corporeality of others who experience multiple forms of oppression as a result of their embodiment. She is also a qualified personal trainer and Spinning instructor.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introducing (Our) Gym Bodies and Fitness Cultures
James Brighton, Ian Wellard and Amy Clark
Chapter 2: Conceptualising Gym Bodies
James Brighton, Ian Wellard and Amy Clark
Chapter 3: A History of Gyms and the Evolvement of Contemporary Fitness
James Brighton, Ian Wellard and Amy Clark
Chapter 4: Embodied Methodological Considerations
James Brighton
Chapter 5: Gym Spaces
James Brighton, Ian Wellard and Amy Clark
Chapter 6: Being Personally Trained
Ian Wellard
Chapter 7: CrossFit
James Brighton
Chapter 8: Spinning
Amy Clark
Chapter 9: Reflections
James Brighton, Ian Wellard and Amy Clark
Appendix 1: Judgement Criteria employed
Appendix 2: WOD Acronyms in CrossFit
Appendix 3: The original 'Girls'

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Chapter 1: Introducing (Our) Gym Bodies and Fitness Cultures



James Brighton, Ian Wellard and Amy Clark



Chapter 2: Conceptualising Gym Bodies



James Brighton, Ian Wellard and Amy Clark



Chapter 3: A History of Gyms and the Evolvement of Contemporary Fitness



James Brighton, Ian Wellard and Amy Clark



Chapter 4: Embodied Methodological Considerations



James Brighton



Chapter 5: Gym Spaces



James Brighton, Ian Wellard and Amy Clark



Chapter 6: Being Personally Trained



Ian Wellard



Chapter 7: CrossFit



James Brighton



Chapter 8: Spinning



Amy Clark



Chapter 9: Reflections



James Brighton, Ian Wellard and Amy Clark



Appendix 1: Judgement Criteria employed

Appendix 2: WOD Acronyms in CrossFit

Appendix 3: The original 'Girls'

Rezensionen

"This book is a must-read for all interested in the sociology of gyms and fitness cultures. Its novelty, readability and accessibility make it ideal for all, from undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers to policymakers and practitioners. It is truly a delight to read a book with such wide appeal. Overall, Gym Bodies: Exploring Fitness Cultures is an exemplary contribution to the field. What Brighton, Wellard and Clark put forward is a book that deepens insight and inspires thought. Whether you read it from start to finish or skim chapters or sections, I recommend for all interested in this broad area to have a look at it."- Joseph Mellors, Northumbria University, Leisure Studies