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.
By:
Nick Gibbs (Leeds Trinity University) Imprint: Bristol University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN:9781529227949 ISBN 10: 1529227941 Pages: 202 Publication Date:01 November 2023 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Nick Gibbs is Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Social Sciences at Northumbria University.