Young People, Physical Activity and the Everyday (Hardcover)

Introduction: Theorising Youth and Physical Activity Part 1: Physical Activity and Geographical Locations 1. The Place of Physical Activity in the Lives of Rural Young People: Stories From the ‘Outback’ 2.‘The Police be Comin’ so That’s Why I Didn’t go Over There’: Young People’s use of Neighborhood Spaces in a US City 3. Young People, Cities and Physical Activity Part 2: Social and Cultural Location and Physical Activity 4. Social Class, Schooling and Young People’s Meanings of Physical Activity and Health 5. Physical Activity and Indigenous Young People 6. Physical Activity and Confucianism: the Relations Between Hong Kong Children and Their Parents 7. ‘Our Prophet Said We Should Play Sport’: Young Muslim Women Negotiating Islam, Popular Culture and Physical Activity Part 3: Physical Activity and Constitution of Selves: Health, Fitness and Bodies 8: Eating Well, Being Active and the Production of the "Good Citizen" 9: Young People, Transitions and Physical Activity 10. ‘Pump Weights, Eat Right’: Young People’s Engagements with Health Discourses 11. ‘Making Castles in the Sand’: Community Contexts and Physical Culture 12. Diversity, Subjectivity and Constructions of Fitness and Health by Young Canadians Part 4: Methodological Issues and Future Directions 13. Reflections on Methodological Issues and Lessons Learned From the Life Activity Project