Women of Steel: Female Bodybuilders and the Struggle for Self-Definition

by Maria Lowe

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"A lot of people in the general public think female bodybuilding is gross and freaky . . . that that's not what a woman is supposed to look like." So says Michelle, a national bodybuilding judge. In fact, athletic women, especially those in sports where strength, muscle, and sweat feature prominently, are typically viewed by the public as being outside the boundaries of appropriate femininity. And perhaps no group of women athletes embodies this...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:081475094X

ISBN13:9780814750940

Release Date:January 1998

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Alternative Medicine Exercise & Fitness Health Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Massage Miscellaneous Politics & Social Sciences Self-Help Sex Social Science Social Sciences Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation Weight Training Women in Sports Women's Studies

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