The Muscle Trade: The Use and Supply of Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs

The health and fitness industry has experienced a meteoric rise over the past two decades, yet its slick exterior conceals a darker side. Using ethnographic data from gyms, interviews and social media platforms, this book investigates the growing use of image and performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs) and their role in masculine body image.

• | Author: Nick Gibbs
• | Publisher: Bristol University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 16, 2023
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781529227949
• | ISBN-10: 1529227941