Tag: European Journal of Cultural Studies

The concept of health is culturally contingent, and fitness practices provide a venue to gain insights into the construction of health. In this case study–based article, Karin Anderson focuses on group fitness instructors’ narratives on healthiness and fitness rituals. By combining Foucault’s notion of the ‘microphysics of power’ and the socio-cultural phenomenon healthism, Andersson employs a genealogical approach that reveals how healthism renders a discursive space for group fitness instructors to navigate their understanding of health norms.