Females with large muscles evoke strong reactions from men and women, often involving disgust, discomfort, anger and threat. The controversial nature of female bodybuilding has caused a significant rupture on feminist ground. Whilst proponents claim that female bodybuilding is a way of empowering and liberating women, others see it as a form of corporeal entrapment. This book investigates the controversy. Do women who pump iron resist physical restrictions of imposed femininity, or are they engaged in an ultimately oppressive quest for 'perfect bodies'? In an original two year ethnographic study based in the South of England, Tanya Bunsell immersed herself into the world of female bodybuilders. By mapping these extraordinary women's lives, ...
This paper aims to make a signifi cant intervention into the ongoing debates about women’s bodybuild...
This thesis is framed as an inquiry into bodybuilding women\u27s altitudes to their bodies and to bo...
This thesis is framed as an inquiry into bodybuilding women\u27s altitudes to their bodies and to bo...
Females with large muscles evoke strong reactions from men and women, often involving disgust, disco...
This thesis explores the subculture of strongwoman - a strength sport that along with its male count...
This study aimed to build upon the literature on women's athleticism by using bodybuilding as a veh...
This study aimed to build upon the literature on women's athleticism by using bodybuilding as a veh...
Muscular female bodies have long been the object of public scrutiny, cultural contempt and fascinati...
Since the launch of women's bodybuilding as a spectator sport in the United States in 1979, the rel...
This paper is a sociological exploration of the female bodybuilder as a 'gender outlaw', a figure wh...
This paper is a sociological exploration of the female bodybuilder as a 'gender outlaw', a figure wh...
Since the launch of women's bodybuilding as a spectator sport in the United States in 1979, the rel...
Through the methodology of discourse analysis, this research used television documentaries from 1985...
This paper is a sociological exploration of the female bodybuilder as a 'gender outlaw', a figure wh...
Since their entry onto the competitive scene in 1977, female bodybuilders have been the subject of s...
This paper aims to make a signifi cant intervention into the ongoing debates about women’s bodybuild...
This thesis is framed as an inquiry into bodybuilding women\u27s altitudes to their bodies and to bo...
This thesis is framed as an inquiry into bodybuilding women\u27s altitudes to their bodies and to bo...
Females with large muscles evoke strong reactions from men and women, often involving disgust, disco...
This thesis explores the subculture of strongwoman - a strength sport that along with its male count...
This study aimed to build upon the literature on women's athleticism by using bodybuilding as a veh...
This study aimed to build upon the literature on women's athleticism by using bodybuilding as a veh...
Muscular female bodies have long been the object of public scrutiny, cultural contempt and fascinati...
Since the launch of women's bodybuilding as a spectator sport in the United States in 1979, the rel...
This paper is a sociological exploration of the female bodybuilder as a 'gender outlaw', a figure wh...
This paper is a sociological exploration of the female bodybuilder as a 'gender outlaw', a figure wh...
Since the launch of women's bodybuilding as a spectator sport in the United States in 1979, the rel...
Through the methodology of discourse analysis, this research used television documentaries from 1985...
This paper is a sociological exploration of the female bodybuilder as a 'gender outlaw', a figure wh...
Since their entry onto the competitive scene in 1977, female bodybuilders have been the subject of s...
This paper aims to make a signifi cant intervention into the ongoing debates about women’s bodybuild...
This thesis is framed as an inquiry into bodybuilding women\u27s altitudes to their bodies and to bo...
This thesis is framed as an inquiry into bodybuilding women\u27s altitudes to their bodies and to bo...