The Muscle Trade

The Muscle Trade

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Zusammenfassung

The health and fitness industry has experienced a meteoric rise over the past two decades, yet its slick exterior conceals a darker side. Using ethnographic data from gyms, interviews and social media platforms, this book investigates the growing use of image and performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs) and their role in masculine body image.

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The Muscle Trade by Nick Gibbs

The health and fitness industry has experienced a meteoric rise over the past two decades, yet its slick exterior conceals a darker side. Using ethnographic data from gyms, interviews, and social media platforms, this book investigates the growing consumption of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs), the motivations behind their use, and their role in masculine body image. Addressing a gap in the literature, Nick Gibbs also interrogates both the offline and digital drug supply chains with important insights for IPED harm reduction practitioners, law makers and policy advisors.
Nick Gibbs is Lecturer of Criminology in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University.
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ISBN 13 9781529227949
ISBN 10 1529227941
Titel The Muscle Trade
Autor Nick Gibbs
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Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Bristol University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 2023-11-16
Seitenanzahl 202
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