The accumulation of capital as motivation for gym-work among fitness enthusiasts in Singapore

• Main Author: Khoo, Vivienne Hui Yee
• Other Authors: Tan Joo Ean
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55842
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Situating this research in contemporary Singapore society where gym centers are proliferating, the primary goal of this paper is to understand what motivates fitness enthusiasts to engage in gym-work. Pierre Bourdieu’s (1986) thesis on capital is used as framework to theme the r...