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Fit for Consumption: Sociology and the Business of Fitness

Jennifer Smith Maguire

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Making sense of fitness -- The roots of fitness : physical culture and physical capital -- Health clubs : the stratification of fitness sites -- Fitness media : an education in the fitness lifestyle -- Personal trainers : in the service of fitness -- Lessons from the fitness field.

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Making sense of fitness -- The roots of fitness : physical culture and physical capital -- Health clubs : the stratification of fitness sites -- Fitness media : an education in the fitness lifestyle -- Personal trainers : in the service of fitness -- Lessons from the fitness field.

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Making sense of fitness -- The roots of fitness : physical culture and physical capital -- Health clubs : the stratification of fitness sites -- Fitness media : an education in the fitness lifestyle -- Personal trainers : in the service of fitness -- Lessons from the fitness field.

Key concepts: Physical fitness, Consumption (sociology), Sociology, Psychology, Social science, Medicine, Physical therapy

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