Food and eating habits are banal practices of everyday life; we all, as living beings, must eat
to survive. This apparent banality, however, is deceptive. Food and eating habits and …

'Lose weight!''Avoid fat!''Stop smoking!''Reduce alcohol intake!''Get fit!''Practise safe sex!''Play
safe!'In contemporary Western societies the health status and vulnerability of the body are …

Food occupies a seemingly mundane position in all our lives, yet the ways we think about
shopping, cooking and eating are actually intensely reflexive. The daily pick and mix of our …

Michel Foucault's work profoundly influences the way we think about society, in particular
how we understand social power, the self, and the body. This book gives an innovative and …

Media Sport Stars considers how masculinity and male identity are represented through
images of sport and sport stars. From the pre-radio era to today's specialist TV channels …

Drawing on interviews with 140 young British males, this article explores the ways in which
men talk about their own bodies and bodily practices, and those of other men. The specific …

This paper examines how participation in physically demanding sport, with its potential and
actual injurious outcomes, both challenges and reinforces dominant notions of masculinity …

Current popular interest in bodies, fitness, sport and active lifestyles, has made bodybuilding
more visible and acceptable within mainstream society than ever before. However, the …

Exploring the more sophisticated and nuanced perspective in the era of sports dominance in
America, athletics have become both a metaphor and reality of American masculinity. Edited …

Recently, feminist work on sport and gender has begun to understand male tolerance of
physical risk and injury as a constituting process that may enhance a particular brand of …