CrossFit : Commodity, Community, Contested Terrain / / edited by Marcelle C. Dawson, Steven J. Jackson
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Dawson Marcelle C
|
| Titolo: |
CrossFit : Commodity, Community, Contested Terrain / / edited by Marcelle C. Dawson, Steven J. Jackson
|
| Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 |
| Edizione: | First edition, 2025. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 613.71 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sports - Sociological aspects |
| Human body - Social aspects | |
| Sports sciences | |
| Recreation - Equipment and supplies | |
| Sociology | |
| Sport Sociology | |
| Sociology of the Body | |
| Sport Technology | |
| Altri autori: |
JacksonSteven J
|
| Nota di contenuto: | Part I. Context. The Potential, Perils, and Pitfalls of CrossFit: An Introduction / Marcelle C. Dawson, Steven J. Jackson ; CrossFit: Fitness Cult or Reinventive Institution? / Marcelle C. Dawson ; “You Are the Light in This Darkness”: CrossFit’s Populist Alternative to the Fitness Industry / Shaun E. Edmonds -- Part II. Commodity. The Communication of Productive Fitness: How CrossFit Shapes a Branded Self Through the Embodiment of Exceptionalism / Eric P. James, Brenden E. Kendall ; The CrossFit Games and the Sports-Media Complex / Peter Arne Johnson, Kathryn G. Hartzell ; Part III. Community. CrossFit, Community, and Identity: A Gemeinschaft in a Liquid Modern World? / Chris Till, Joseph Ibrahim ; CrossFit as a Spiritual-but-Not-Religious Fitness Culture / Cody Musselman ; “Something Broke”: The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns and Exit Strategies on Christian CrossFit Communities and the Relationship Between Faith-Fitness-Space / Alexander Darius Ornella ; CrossFit, Agency, and Communion: Exploring Well-Being of Aging Adults Through Fitness Communities / Christina E. Nikitopoulos, Ivy K. Ho ; Using CrossFit for Sport for Development and Peace: Can CrossFit Build Careers? / Anne L. DeMartini -- Part IV. Contested Terrain. CrossFit for “at-risk youth”: Sustainable Actions Versus Disruptive Situations / Christina M. Gipson, Nancy L. Malcom ; The Boys, ‘The Girls’, and ‘The Heroes’: Reading Gender in CrossFit Kids Magazine / Jesse Couture ; CrossFit and Trauma: Gray Areas Between Healing and Self-Abuse / Leslie Heywood ; ‘The Fittest on Earth’: Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs Use Within UK CrossFit Communities / Kyle J. D. Mulrooney, Katinka van de Ven ; Making the Invisible Visible: Calling Out Racism Within CrossFit / David Tokiharu Mayeda. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "This edited collection brings together the work of key scholars to explore the various dimensions, themes and controversies – the contested terrain of CrossFit – from a range of perspectives. CrossFit has emerged as a prominent fixture across the global sporting and cultural landscape. Developed initially as an exercise programme to promote functional fitness, CrossFit has undergone a rapid metamorphosis into a global, multi-dimensional, multi-million-dollar industry. Branded as ‘the sport of fitness’, it is part sport, part fitness, but also part exercise-military-regime with religious underpinnings. Perhaps best known for its unconventional approach to fitness that combines high intensity exercises with functional fitness performed in a group setting, CrossFit has surpassed the growth of well-known fitness franchises. It boasts approximately 15,000 affiliates worldwide, while, by comparison, the world’s largest gym franchise, Anytime Fitness, has around 4,500 franchises globally. Beyond its comprehensive fitness regime and global appeal, CrossFit claims to offer a supportive community, which aims to ensure that people exercise together as a group versus rather than as isolated individuals in a group context, or what has been referred to as ‘together alone’. The tight-knit – almost insular – nature of this community, as well as some of its more extreme practices, have led followers and detractors alike to characterise CrossFit as a cult. Yet, despite its exalted position within the popular physical culture imaginary, critical scholarly analysis of CrossFit has only recently emerged. This book will appeal to students of sociology, media studies, sport studies, and/ or gender studies." -- Publisher's description. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | CrossFit |
| ISBN: | 303191046X |
| 9783031910463 | |
| 3031910451 | |
| 9783031910456 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911031676303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Global Culture and Sport Series, . 2662-3412