Sökning: "Mary Berndtsson"

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1. 1. From Meaning to Breathing: Rationalization, Translation, Embodiment, and Cultural Meaning: Four Method Assemblages, Four Realities of Prechoreographed Group Exercise Instructing

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Författare :Mary Fraser Berndtsson; [2013]
   Nyckelord :prechoreographed; group exercise instructor; Les Mills; ANT; body-subject; ritual; method assemblage; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Group exercise-to-music classes have long been a popular keep-fit activity and long criticized for their so-called alienating and objectifying aspects. Today there is an ongoing trend from the “freestyle” type where instructors chose their own music and moves, to the “prechoreographed” type produced by corporations like Les Mills International (LMI). LÄS MER

3. 2. Towards a theoretical perspective of “vibrant physicality”: From “sociology of the body” to an “embodied sociology” and beyond

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Författare :Mary Fraser Berndtsson; [2010]
   Nyckelord :embodiment; body-subject; existential sociology; fitness; vibrant physicality; sociology of the body; body; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This paper presents a sketch of a theoretical perspective to aid in the sociological understanding of the phenomenon of “vibrant physicality”. “Vibrant physicality” is an enjoyable, embodied feeling which often results from and motivates participation in fitness practice. LÄS MER