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Female Fitness in the Blogosphere: Gender, Health, and the Body
Linnéuniversitetet, Fakulteten för samhällsvetenskap (FSV), Institutionen för idrottsvetenskap (ID).ORCID-id: 0000-0003-1631-6475
University of Gothenburg.
2013 (Engelska)Ingår i: SAGE Open, E-ISSN 2158-2440, Vol. 3, nr July-September, s. 1-10Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
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This article analyzes self-portrayals and gender constructions among female personal trainers within an Internet-mediated framework of fitness culture. The empirical material comes from a close examination of three strategically selected blogs. The result shows that some of the blogs clearly build upon what Connell calls emphasized femininity, as a means of legitimizing and constructing appropriate female fitness. In addition, there are also tendencies of sexualization in text and imagery present. As such, these self-representations are framed within a cultural history of body fitness dominated by stereotypical ways of perceiving masculinity and femininity. However, this does not capture the entire presentation of the self among the analyzed fitness bloggers. The blogs also point in the direction of ongoing negotiations and subversions of traditional gender norms. Among other things, they show how irony and humor are used as a means of questioning normative gender constructions while empowering female fitness and bodyliness.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
2013. Vol. 3, nr July-September, s. 1-10
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Genusstudier Idrottsvetenskap
Forskningsämne
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-28296DOI: 10.1177/2158244013497728ISI: 000214842900031Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84883205801OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-28296DiVA, id: diva2:641923
Tillgänglig från: 2013-08-20 Skapad: 2013-08-20 Senast uppdaterad: 2024-01-17Bibliografiskt granskad

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