masculinity, mobility & the new middle class Baas, Michiel creator author. text Chennai Context 2020 monographic 313 pages ; Michiel Baas. Michiel Baas has spent a decade studying gyms, trainers and bodybuilders, and finds in them a new way to investigate India. He walks us through the homes and workspaces of these men—yes, they are almost all men—to bodybuilding competitions and also into their most intimate worlds of ambitions, desires and struggles. An unusual study of an unusual subject, Baas unveils a fascinating world, hidden in plain sight Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-301) and index. Bodybuilding Social aspects India Men India Identity Middle class men India Social conditions Body image Social aspects Masculinity India Middle class India 613.7130954 BAA-M 9789389648218