‘I just want to be<i>me</i>when I am exercising’: Adrianna's construction of a vulnerable exercise identity

Rossing, Hilde; Ronglan, Lars Tore; Scott, Susie

doi:10.1080/13573322.2014.920316

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“…This idea of an unacceptable public body is not confined to those participating in these two studies but echoes earlier research from other contexts (Rice, 2007; Rossing et al, 2016; Sykes and McPhail, 2008). It appears to limit youngsters in their choices regarding physical activities.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…Surveillance seems an important disciplinary technology (Foucault, 1979a) that informs the choices youth make and their feelings regarding physical activities. These teenagers felt that the visibility of sporting bodies would make them extra vulnerable to surveillance and public scrutiny, and could create a vulnerable exercise identity (Rossing et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Healthy habits are no fun: How Dutch youth negotiate discourses about food, fit, fat, and fun

Amsterdam

Knoppers

2017

Health (London)

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In this article, we use the notion of "biopedagogical practices" to explore how Dutch youth respond to health messages that focus on body weight. Previous studies suggest that such health messages encourage body dissatisfaction in youth. Few studies, however, focus on the local/cultural specificity of youth's responses to these biopedagogical practices. In this article, we address questions about the re-interpretation of and resistance to health messages that Dutch youth engage in and how these can be understood in their local context. The data were drawn from two previously conducted studies in which a total of 64 Dutch teenagers (aged 12-18 years) took part. We employed a variety of qualitative data collection methods and a feminist poststructuralist perspective to analyze how Dutch youth negotiate biopedagogical practices about health. The results show that our participants constructed health in terms of appearance and reproduced negative constructions regarding fat embodiment. Yet they also often circumvented "healthy" lifestyle behaviors prescribed by biopedagogies of health. They did so first by avoiding physical activities because they were afraid of displaying fat embodiment in the settings of sport and physical education where surveillance is omnipresent. Second, they disregarded advice about healthy eating by drawing on having fun as an alternative discursive resource. We argue that having fun is both part of youth culture and characteristic of the discourse about sociability ( gezelligheid) that is a central element of Dutch culture.

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Healthy habits are no fun: How Dutch youth negotiate discourses about food, fit, fat, and fun

Amsterdam

Knoppers

2017

Health (London)

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“…While I understand that health and fitness have become an individual responsibility [58][59][60] and that the desire to have a slim and toned body is greatly influenced by mass/social media [61,62], I cannot totally resist those discourses, particularly given my profession as a PE teacher. The body is not innocent; it is a way to understand and interpret a society that contributes to the perpetuation of specific social patterns [63].…”

Section: Narratives Of Disruption: Back Pain and Temporary Physical Dmentioning

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A Turning Point as an Opportunity to (Re)Think and Give a Voice to One’s Own Body

González-Calvo

Varea

2019

Societies

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This article explores the intersectionalities of masculinity, fatherhood, and physical activity in relation to a Physical Education teacher who has been diagnosed with an illness. In so doing, we draw on autobiographical narratives to delve into how embodied subjectivities are constructed to advance knowledge on a new embodied way of being a man and a PE teacher that can be accepted and embraced. The results are organised into three main themes: (1) narratives of continuation: the “before” of chronic illness; (2) narratives of disruption: back pain and temporary physical disability; and (3) restitution narratives: damn it, now that I am a father. The results suggest that narratives such as those presented in this article contribute to the continuously changing process of life projects and that illness can assist in redefining and reconstituting the persona of a PE teacher.

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“…Identity exists along a spectrum from the personal to the social (Turner & Northwood 2013). The process of identity formation is not straightforward but rather something that can change with context, time and interaction with others (Rossing, Ronglan, & Scott, 2014). Originally, identity research was only acutely influenced by the practical impact that social identities and social identifications have in the world.…”

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“…Extant literature has highlighted this identity foreclosure amongst mothers (Hamilton & White, 2010), and when applied to a PA context can be used to explain how a state of identity foreclosure is not conducive to habitual PA participation. Instead, long-term engagement is intimately related to the development of an exercise identity (Hardcastle & Taylor, 2005;Rossing et al, 2014;Strachan, Brawley, Spink, & Glazebrook, 2010;Strachan, Brawley, Spink, Sweet, & Perras, 2015).…”

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‘Net Mums’: a narrative account of participants’ experiences within a netball intervention

Walsh

Whittaker

Cronin

et al. 2018

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

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‘I just want to bemewhen I am exercising’: Adrianna's construction of a vulnerable exercise identity

Cited by 14 publications

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Healthy habits are no fun: How Dutch youth negotiate discourses about food, fit, fat, and fun

Healthy habits are no fun: How Dutch youth negotiate discourses about food, fit, fat, and fun

A Turning Point as an Opportunity to (Re)Think and Give a Voice to One’s Own Body

‘Net Mums’: a narrative account of participants’ experiences within a netball intervention

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