Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Women and Exercise: The Body, Health and Consumerism
1st Edition
Edited
By Eileen Kennedy, Pirkko Markula
September 05, 2012
Exercise for women is a heavily-laden social and embodied experience. While exercise promotion has become an increasingly visible part of health campaigns, obesity among women is rising, and studies indicate that women are generally less physically active than men. Women’s (lack of) exercise, ...
Sport, Masculinities and the Body
1st Edition
By Ian Wellard
February 21, 2012
This groundbreaking work explores masculinity and the body within sports. Sports continue to retain expectations for presentations of specific forms of masculinity. The body is central to these presentations. These everyday bodily performances are rehearsed and performed either successfully or ...