Bodymakers

A Cultural Anatomy of Women's Body Building

Author: Leslie Heywood
ISBN: 9780813524801

"A highly unique and refreshing contribution. Heywood not only theorizes the relationships among feminism, activism, and bodybuilding but also provides what so many works on built female bodies lack-a feminine historical context. . . . Heywood concludes with a call for women to 'feel our muscles, our power, our terrible, wonderful, monstrous strengths' by leaving behind aerobics, replacing light weights with heavy ones, and claiming our right to take up space. . . . Like all influential and groundbreaking works, this book raises new and important questions that should provide grist for much feminist debate and scholarship in coming years."-Signs "Bodymakers is most ambitious in terms of its engagement with feminist cultural criticism and its unconventional scope. Heywood comments on film, novels, magazine pictures, popular criticisms of feminism, the J. Crew catalog, [and] the concept of power feminism."-Gender and Society "In this brilliantly insightful and immensely readable book, Le

Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publish Date: 1998

Subjects: Health & Fitness / Massage & Reflexotherapy, Social Science / Women's Studies, Social Science / Gender Studies, Sports & Recreation / Bodybuilding & Weight Training

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Sports )