Open AccessLos gimnasios contemporaneos como evidencia material del cambio en la disciplina corporal moderna a la posmoderna, su relación con la agencia y el contexto social
Author(s) -
Janeth Rojas Contreras
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
antipoda/antípoda
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.159
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1900-5407
pISSN - 2011-4273
DOI - 10.7440/antipoda16.2013.08
Subject(s) - postmodernism , materiality (auditing) , humanities , context (archaeology) , relation (database) , sociology , art , aesthetics , history , literature , archaeology , database , computer science
This article is a case study on the materiality of some contemporary gyms with weight training which show evidence of the shift from corporeal modern discipline to corporeal postmodern discipline. The gyms are located in a popular neighborhood (colony) of Mexico City. With this study of weight training artifacts some arguments are suggested in relation to the change in the use of this equipment by gender as well as the relation of these type of gyms with the social context of the colony