Towards a geography of fitness: An ethnographic case study of the gym in British bodybuilding culture

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 877-891

  Andrews, Gavin J ^a   Sudwell, Mark I ^b   Sparkes, Andrew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Gym; Health geography; Human geography; Sports geography

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS;

BODY BUILDING; CASE STUDY; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT;

EID: 9644275404     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.06.029     Document Type: Article

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