%0 Journal Article
%T Du sport associatif ¨¤ la pratique de la remise en forme ¨¤ Amsterdam
%A Agn¨¨s Elling
%A Sylvain Ferez
%J M¨¦tropoles
%D 2009
%I M¨¦tropoles
%X Les pratiques sportives de la population homosexuelle ont lieu dans des univers vari¨¦s. On peut pourtant rep¨¦rer deux espaces de pratique privil¨¦gi¨¦s associ¨¦s ¨¤ la communaut¨¦ gay : les clubs sportifs   homosexuels   et certains centres de fitness. A premi¨¨re vue, ces deux univers peuvent ¨ºtre oppos¨¦s au regard de leurs statuts juridiques : les premiers sont des associations, les seconds des soci¨¦t¨¦s commerciales. Mais ils renvoient aussi ¨¤ des mani¨¨res diff¨¦rentes de consid¨¦rer et d¡¯investir son corps. En comparant des donn¨¦es ethnographiques sur un centre de fitness gay d¡¯Amsterdam ¨¤ des donn¨¦es ant¨¦rieures sur les clubs sportifs   homosexuels  , le premier appara t comme un   lieu de passage   en contradiction avec les espaces sportifs traditionnels, qui favorisent des liens sociaux durables. Le centre de fitness est un univers de haute technologie qui permet, et encourage, l¡¯autonomie dans l¡¯activit¨¦ et la prise en charge de soi. Il est, in fine, possible d¡¯interroger le type d¡¯individualit¨¦ dont ce non-lieu favorise l¡¯expression et la construction. The sport practices of the homosexual population take place in various kinds of environments. It is nevertheless possible to distinguish two main sport/training environments that are associated to the gay community: the homosexual labelled sport clubs and some fitness centres. At first view, these two spaces can be opposed according to their legal status: the first ones are non-benefit places while the second ones are commercial. But they also correspond to different ways to consider and to involve the body. Comparing ethnographic data gathered in a gay fitness centre of Amsterdam to previous data on the homosexual sport clubs, the fitness centre could be perceived as a ¡°passing through¡± place in contradiction to the traditional sport places that favour durable social links. It could also be qualified as a high technological space permitting and encouraging autonomous training and body self-management. It¡¯s finally possible to question the kind of individuality that can be performed and built in this non-place.
%K body
%K Homosexuality
%K Sport
%K Fitness
%K non-place
%K corps
%K homosexualit¨¦
%K remise en forme
%K non-lieu
%U http://metropoles.revues.org/3868