Fitness Culture: Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun
Author:   Roberta Sassatelli
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2014
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Pages:   236
Publication Date:   01 January 2014
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Author:   Roberta Sassatelli
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2014
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.164kg
ISBN:  

9781349353484


ISBN 10:   1349353485
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   01 January 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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This engaging exploration of what sustains gym membership as a consumer practice will be of interest to scholars of studies of consumption, the body, leisure and health. - CHOICE Review Rejecting cultural dupe models, so prevalent in consumerist analyses of fitness, Sassatelli provides a comprehensive analysis of the range of complicated and sometimes contradictory meanings that participants use to understand their continued participation in a commodified fitness culture. - Journal of Consumer Culture Sassatelli has written a great book which will be of wide interest and value to scholars of both embodiment and consumption as well as to the narrower fraternity of 'gym researchers.' - SocioLogica An important contribution to contemporary thought on consumer culture. - Journal of Sociology


"""This engaging exploration of what sustains gym membership as a consumer practice will be of interest to scholars of studies of consumption, the body, leisure and health."" - CHOICE Review ""Rejecting cultural dupe models, so prevalent in consumerist analyses of fitness, Sassatelli provides a comprehensive analysis of the range of complicated and sometimes contradictory meanings that participants use to understand their continued participation in a commodified fitness culture."" - Journal of Consumer Culture ""Sassatelli has written a great book which will be of wide interest and value to scholars of both embodiment and consumption as well as to the narrower fraternity of 'gym researchers.'"" - SocioLogica ""An important contribution to contemporary thought on consumer culture."" - Journal of Sociology"


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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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