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

by Maria Lowe

Book Overview

"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"