Whose Body is it Anyway A Sociological Reflection upon Fitness and Wellbeing [#506292]

Ian Wellard, "Whose Body is it Anyway?: A Sociological Reflection upon Fitness and Wellbeing"
English | ISBN: 1138959510 | 2018 | 118 pages | EPUB | 1004 KB
There is a widespread interest in wellbeing, the healthy body and public health. However, there are also many simplistic and uncritical interpretations of what wellbeing or a healthy body should 'look like'. By focusing upon wellbeing through examples taken from fitness-related activities, which are often considered unproblematic routes to achieving wellbeing and greater public health, this book explores contemporary understandings of the body and the conflicting ways in which it is considered, in different contexts, times and spaces, either as the possession of the individual or that of society (or both).