dc.contributor.author | Røset, Linda | |
dc.contributor.author | Green, Kenneth Stanley | |
dc.contributor.author | Cale, Lorraine | |
dc.contributor.author | Sigurjonsson, Thorsteinn Josef | |
dc.contributor.author | Tjomsland, Hege Eikeland | |
dc.contributor.author | Thurston, Miranda | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-20T09:48:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-20T09:48:07Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-01-07T14:28:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sport, Education and Society. 2022, . | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1357-3322 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3059164 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper we explore how 15–16-year-old Norwegians experience social and cultural norms that shape their relationship with health and physical activity (PA) in a country where participation in PA is normative, in the sense that it is not only a widely shared practice but, in having significant cultural traction, is commonly understood as a ‘normal’ part of Norwegian daily life. The study draws upon qualitative data generated from 31 focus groups involving 148 10th graders (15–16-year-olds) in eight secondary schools in Norway. A key finding was that health was primarily viewed as synonymous with physical health and physical health as closely related to PA. A symbolic marker for physical condition – and, by extension, physical health – was physical appearance and ‘looks’ (in other words, physical attractiveness), revolving around gender normative bodily ‘shape’. In this vein, the youngsters tended towards individualistic views of health – seeing health as a responsibility that lay largely in their hands. We argue that the significance of growing up and living in a wealthy, social democratic nation-state, with high living standards and high social and cultural expectations, can have profound implications for youngsters’ perceptions of health and PA, the impact of neoliberalism notwithstanding. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.title | ‘Not to judge by the looks but you can tell by the looks!’ Physical capital as symbolic capital in the individualization of health among young Norwegians | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | acceptedVersion | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 14 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Sport, Education and Society | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13573322.2022.2159361 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2102482 | |
dc.relation.project | Norges forskningsråd: 238212 | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | postprint | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |