Female bodybuilding and the politics of muscle : how female bodybuilders negotiate race, gender, and (hetro)sexuality in bodybuilding competition

Since the launch of women's bodybuilding as a spectator sport in the United States in 1979, the relationship between femininity and muscularity has been fraught with contradictions. Current developments in women's bodybuilding have seen the institutionalization of 'femininity'...

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Main Author: Boyle, Ellexis
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14360