Author : Leslie Heywood
Release : 1998
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 801/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Bodymakers by : Leslie Heywood
Download or read book Bodymakers written by Leslie Heywood. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women with muscles are a recent phenomenon. While generating a good deal of interest, both positive and negative, their importance to the cultural landscape has yet to be acknowledged. Leslie Heywood looks at female body building as a metaphor for how women fare in our current political and cultural climate. BODYMAKERS reveals how female bodybuilders find themselves both trapped and empowered by their sport. 14 illustrations.
