Women of steel : female bodybuilders and the struggle for self-definition / Maria R. Lowe.
- Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, c1998.
- Format/Description:
- Book
x, 206 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Subjects:
- Bodybuilding for women -- Social aspects -- United States.
Femininity -- United States.
Self-perception in women -- United States.
Women bodybuilders -- United States. - Contents:
- Introduction : growing pains
Muscle bound
The few, the powerful, the social gatekeepers
The dialectic of female bodybuilding : steroids, femininity, and muscularity
Contested terrain : corporal judgment
Profitable physiques, precarious hegemonies
Countering hegemony, coopting the resistance, and the future of female bodybuilding. - Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-199) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814750931 (cloth : acid-free paper)
081475094X (pbk. : acid-free paper) - OCLC:
- 37341210
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