Social Justice in Globalized Fitness and Health

<p>In today’s neoliberal times thinking about fitness and health is dominated by the media’s narratives of fit bodies which are presented and circulated in society as valued bodies. Outside that mainstream view however there are many people labeled bodies-at-risk: those who deviate from perceived norms of size shape race social class and gender. </p><p>Social Justice in Globalized Fitness and Health draws attention to how neoliberal ideologies impacting the body overlook the intersection of class gender/sex and race that informs how young ethnic minoritized people embody and negotiate normative discourses of fitness and health. Indeed through the lens of critical race theory (CRT) post-feminism and postcolonialism Azzarito highlights young ethnic minoritized people’s struggles to find a culturally relevant sense of self.</p><p></p><p>Arguing for the need to found educational spaces where young ethnic minoritized people can recognize themselves resist and counter-narrate negative stereotypes and self-represent to the public in affirmative ways <i>Social Justice in Globalized Fitness and Health</i> will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as physical culture education sport sociology qualitative methods and cultural and visual studies as well as scholars and practitioners of physical education and health in schools. </p>