Muscular India: Masculinity Mobility & The New Middle Class - Couverture souple

Baas, Michiel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9395073624 ISBN 13 : 9789395073622

Editeur : Westland Books Pvt Ltd, 2022

Synopsis

MICHIEL BAAS BRINGS ALIVE A WORLD OF MEN SCULPTING BODIES, REDEFINING MASCULINITIES AND CONFRONTING THEIR VULNERABILITIES IN THE GYMS OF URBAN INDIA. 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 middleclass 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. With the gym aspiring to be a safe space for women, trainers must Yet,themore things change,themore they remainthe same.Classbarriersare lesspermeable than they appear. The use of bodily capital to breach them is more fraught with danger than one might anticipate. And the profession is riddled with pitfalls and contradictions. them a new way to investigate India. He walks us through the homes and workspaces of these men―yes, they are almost all men―to bodybuilding competitions and also into their most intimate worlds of ambitions, desires and struggles. An unusual study of an unusual subject, Baas unveils a fascinating world, hidden in plain sight.

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À propos de l'auteur

Michiel Baas has a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Amsterdam, and has held various academic positions with the National University of Singapore, Nalanda University (Rajgir), the International Institute for Asian Studies (Leiden) and the University of Amsterdam. Most of his work centres on the Indian middle class. He has published extensively on the topic to Australia; the migration trajectories of skilled professionals in Singapore; the Indian migration industry; and the lives and lifestyles of IT professionals in Bangalore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Westland Books Pvt Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9395073624
• ISBN 13: 9789395073622
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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