Body Work

Name: Body Work
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Body WorkYouth, Gender and Health\nAuthor(s): Julia Coffey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138911512, 978-1138911512\nSynopsis\nThe rise of the health, beauty and fitness industries in recent years has led to an increased focus on the body. Body image, gender and health are issues of long-standing concern in sociology and in youth studies, but a theoretical and empirical focus on the body has been largely missing from this field. This book explores young peoples understandings of their bodies in the context of gender and health ideals, consumer culture, individualisation and image. \n\nBody Work examines the body in youth studies. It explores paradoxical aspects of gendered body work practices, highlighting the contradiction in mens increased participation in these industries as consumers alongside the re-emphasis of their gendered difference. It explores the key ways in which the ideal body is currently achieve.