{"product_id":"gym-bodies-exploring-fitness-cultures","title":"Gym Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on empirical research, this fascinating new book explores the embodied experiences of ‘gym goers’ and the fitness cultures that are constructed within gyms and fitness spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGym Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e offers a personal, interactive, ethnographic account of the multiplicity of contemporary gym practices, spaces and cultures, including bodybuilding, CrossFit and Spinning. It argues that gym bodies are historically constructed, social, sensual, emotional and political; that experience intersects with multiple embodied identities; and that fitness cultures are profoundly important in shaping the body in wider contemporary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is important reading for students, tutors and researchers working in sport and exercise studies, sociology of the body, health studies, leisure, cultural studies, gender and education. It is also a valuable resource for policy makers and practitioners within the fields of sport, leisure, health and education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54176712622424,"sku":null,"price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138666269.jpg?v=1777264261","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/gym-bodies-exploring-fitness-cultures","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}