Muscular India : Masculinity, Mobility & the New Middle Class
by
Michiel Baas
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
9395073624
ISBN-13
9789395073622
Publisher
Westland Publications Limited
Imprint
Context
Country of Manufacture
IN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 20th, 2022
Print length
328 Pages
Weight
360 grams
Dimensions
21.00 x 14.00 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Fitness & dietExercise & workout booksBodybuilding
Ksh 2,550.00
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With the gym aspiring to be a safe space for women, trainers must also find a way to break with the toxic masculinity that dominates life outside.
The gyms of urban ''new India'' are intriguing spaces. While they cater largely to well-off clients, these shiny, modern institutions also hold the promise of upward mobility for the personal trainers who work there.By improving their English, ''upgrading'' their dressing style and developing a deeper understanding of the lives of their upmarket customers, they strategise to climb the middle-class ladder. Their lean, muscular bodies—which Bollywood has set the tone for are crucial to this. Diverging from an older masculine ideal represented by pehlwani wrestlers, these bodies not only communicate (sexual) attractiveness, but also professionalism, control and even cosmopolitanism.
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