Becoming athletes : The sports professionalization of CrossFit bodybuilding

This article is the product of an ethnographic fieldwork carried out in places specializing in the bodybuilding practice of CrossFit in the city of Córdoba (Argentina). Large international companies produced competitive events of various scales in an attempt to turn the practice of CrossFit into a s...

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Autor principal: Aguilera Matute, Ezequiel
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Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2022
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spelling I10-R300-article-385312022-12-26T15:57:47Z Becoming athletes : The sports professionalization of CrossFit bodybuilding Devenir atletas : La profesionalización deportiva de la práctica corporal CrossFit Aguilera Matute, Ezequiel CrossFit Sports Athletes Professionalization Arete CrossFit Deportes Atletas Porfesionalización Areté This article is the product of an ethnographic fieldwork carried out in places specializing in the bodybuilding practice of CrossFit in the city of Córdoba (Argentina). Large international companies produced competitive events of various scales in an attempt to turn the practice of CrossFit into a sport. This made an impact in subjects who self-identified as athletes, who claimed professionalizing their sports practice by transforming various aspects of their daily lives in the search for the excellence of their performances (areté). El presente artículo es producto de un trabajo de campo etnográfico realizado en lugares especializados en la práctica corporal del CrossFit en la ciudad de Córdoba (Argentina). Grandes empresas internacionales producían eventos competitivos de diversas escalas en la puja por convertir la práctica del CrossFit en un deporte. Esto hacía mella en sujetxs que se autoadscribían atletas, quienes afirmaban profesionalizar su práctica deportiva al transformar varios aspectos de sus vidas cotidianas en la búsqueda de la excelencia de sus performances (areté). Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2022-12-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/etcetera/article/view/38531 Etcétera. Revista del Área de Ciencias Sociales del CIFFyH; Núm. 11 (2022) 2618-4281 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/etcetera/article/view/38531/40062 Derechos de autor 2022 Etcétera. Revista del Área de Ciencias Sociales del CIFFyH https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic CrossFit
Sports
Athletes
Professionalization
Arete
CrossFit
Deportes
Atletas
Porfesionalización
Areté
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Sports
Athletes
Professionalization
Arete
CrossFit
Deportes
Atletas
Porfesionalización
Areté
Aguilera Matute, Ezequiel
Becoming athletes : The sports professionalization of CrossFit bodybuilding
topic_facet CrossFit
Sports
Athletes
Professionalization
Arete
CrossFit
Deportes
Atletas
Porfesionalización
Areté
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title Becoming athletes : The sports professionalization of CrossFit bodybuilding
title_short Becoming athletes : The sports professionalization of CrossFit bodybuilding
title_full Becoming athletes : The sports professionalization of CrossFit bodybuilding
title_fullStr Becoming athletes : The sports professionalization of CrossFit bodybuilding
title_full_unstemmed Becoming athletes : The sports professionalization of CrossFit bodybuilding
title_sort becoming athletes : the sports professionalization of crossfit bodybuilding
description This article is the product of an ethnographic fieldwork carried out in places specializing in the bodybuilding practice of CrossFit in the city of Córdoba (Argentina). Large international companies produced competitive events of various scales in an attempt to turn the practice of CrossFit into a sport. This made an impact in subjects who self-identified as athletes, who claimed professionalizing their sports practice by transforming various aspects of their daily lives in the search for the excellence of their performances (areté).
publisher Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
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