"The Body is Made to Move" : Gym and Fitness Culture in Sweden
Ideas about "exercise" and "health" have varied over time and across cultures. With the recent Euro-American fitness trend, a growing number of Swedes now take part in some kind of physical activity at Gyms or Fitness Centers. By applying a phenomenological and constructivist app...
Main Author: | Hedblom, Christina |
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Stockholms universitet, Socialantropologiska institutionen
2009
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-27841 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-86071-20-2 |
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