The Muscle Trade: The Use and Supply of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs
Author:   Nick Gibbs (Leeds Trinity University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781529227949


Pages:   202
Publication Date:   16 November 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Nick Gibbs (Leeds Trinity University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529227949


ISBN 10:   1529227941
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   16 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Situating the Research 3. Reimagining the Health and Fitness Industry as a Site of Deviant Leisure Part 1 – Consumption 4. Desire and Dissatisfaction in the Gym 5. Instrumentality, Competitiveness, and Hyper-conformity 6. The Pleasures of Consumption: The Curious Case of Phillip 7. #Ripped: Social Media, Prosumption, and Bodily Desire Part 2 – Supply-side 8. Production 9. The Offline IPED Marketplace 10. The IPED Market in Transition: Commercialization, Normalization, and Digitization 11. The Online IPED Market 12. Conclusion

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“This brilliant ethnography offers much-needed insight into the underpinnings of contemporary gym cultures and enhancement drug consumption from a theoretically informed and extensively researched perspective. An essential text.” Luke Turnock, University of Lincoln ""Nick Gibbs injects himself into the underbelly of the UK's booming health and fitness industry - 'The Muscle Trade' takes readers on a journey through the consumption and supply of IPEDs, shedding light on the darker aspects of bodily modification culture."" Timothy Piatkowski, Griffith University


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Nick Gibbs is Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University.

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