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Author Maguire, Jennifer Smith.

Title Fit for consumption : sociology and the business of fitness / Jennifer Smith Maguire
Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2008

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 MELB  613.71 Mag/Ffc  AVAILABLE
Description x, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Physical fitness -- Social aspects.
Physical fitness -- Economic aspects.
Physical fitness -- Health aspects.
LC no. 2007006493
ISBN 9780415421812 softcover
9780415421805 hardcover
0415421802 hardcover
0415421810 softcover