Global Culture and Sport Series: Gender, Health and Pedagogies

Andreasson, J.; Johansson, T.

By participating in the everyday life of fitness professionals, gym-goers and bodybuilders, The Global Gym explores fitness centres as sites of learning. The authors consider how physical, psychological and cultural knowledge about health and the body is incorporated into people's identity in a local and global gym and fitness context.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349467044

DOI: 10.1057/9781137346629

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 198