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Strong and hard women [electronic resource] : an ethnography of female bodybuilding / Tanya Bunsell.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge advances in ethnography ; 13.Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.Description: xiv, 184 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780203104750 (e-book : PDF)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Researching female bodybuilders -- 3. The history of female bodybuilding -- 4. Muscle is a feminist issue -- 5. The identity, lifestyle and embodiment of the female bodybuilder -- 6. The 'dark side' of female bodybuilding -- 7. Exploring the 'empowerment' of female bodybuilders through concepts of space -- 8. Ripped, shredded and cut : reworking notions of 'pain and violence' in female bodybuilding -- 9. Competitions : a heroic journey -- 10. Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-180) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Researching female bodybuilders -- 3. The history of female bodybuilding -- 4. Muscle is a feminist issue -- 5. The identity, lifestyle and embodiment of the female bodybuilder -- 6. The 'dark side' of female bodybuilding -- 7. Exploring the 'empowerment' of female bodybuilders through concepts of space -- 8. Ripped, shredded and cut : reworking notions of 'pain and violence' in female bodybuilding -- 9. Competitions : a heroic journey -- 10. Conclusion.

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