«  Ceux qui disent que je suis malade, je les invite à venir prendre l’entraînement avec moi.  » Devenir body-builder à l’épreuve du VIH

Férez, Sylvain; Péréra, Éric

doi:10.3917/sta.119.0095

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“…Since the pioneering work by Susan Sontag (1989) noting the widespread use of military terminology to describe the "fight" against illnesses like HIV/AIDS, narratives of "combating" HIV have been documented (Pierret 2007). In the case of bodybuilders, strength and muscle have been wielded as proof of "winning" over illness and illness stereotypes such as frailty (Ferez and Perera 2018). Their narratives were of empowerment, of a body and self at war with illness.…”

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“Sick but active, tired but healthy”. Narratives of body and self living with HIV

Schuft

Férez

Bergamaschi

et al. 2021

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

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Although studies have suggested that physical activity may diminish HIV-related fatigue, little is known about the physical experience or meanings attributed to either. We considered chronic fatigue and physical activity in terms of how they were experienced, interpreted and interrelated within narratives about living with HIV. Thematic analysis of 35 semi-structured interviews with people living with HIV in France led to the creation of four ideal-type narratives.The ideal types illustrated relations between diverse physical and social experiences of fatigue and physical activity. These dimensions of the HIV experience were part of larger identity narratives about the body and self, revealing tensions between the latter as healthy or ill, tired or active, vulnerable or robust, needing or heeding expected health behaviours. Illness narrativesand the meanings attributed to body and selfemerged as faceted by both physical experiences of the body and social experiences, and as situated within larger socio-political contexts and biopedagogies.

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confidence: 99%