Gamified bodies and the illusory meaning of muscle

• Main Author: WOODS, Orlando
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: feminist geographies; gamified bodies; metabolic infrastructures; muscle; Singapore; Asian Studies; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/122
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper foregrounds the agency of the body to explore how it is “gamified” in the pursuit of a desired self-image. Gamified bodies are those that are tricked into metabolising in ways that suit the representational aspirations of the self. The aspirations that I consider in this paper are those o...