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Feminist Figure Girl eBook

Look Hot While You Fight The Patriarchy

de Lianne Mctavish
idioma: inglês
Editor: State University of New York Press, fevereiro de 2015 ‧
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Analyzes the author''s transformation from academic to figure competitor.

Feminist Figure Girl chronicles the transformation of art history professor Lianne McTavish, from a university professor into an extraordinarily tanned and crystal-encrusted bikini-wearing "figure girl."Figure competitions seek a softer appearance than traditional forms of bodybuilding but still require rigorous weightlifting, an extreme protein diet, and many hours of posing in high heels. While training for a figure show, McTavish combined autoethnographic methods, participant observation, and feminist theory to find new ways of thinking about physique culture and the female body.

The author, who specializes in critical visual culture and the history of the body, explores such contemporary issues as body image, fat studies, identity politics, and "postfeminism," while rethinking fitness culture, diet regimes, feminist politics, reproductive activism, performance art, and the social function of photography. Written in a lively personal style reminiscent of McTavish''s popular blog, she clearly explains the complex ideas stemming from the theoretical work of such writers as Judith Butler, Simone de Beauvoir, Michel Foucault, Iris Marion Young, Edmund Husserl, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The book also includes many photos documenting McTavish''s physical transformation.

Feminist Figure Girl

Look Hot While You Fight The Patriarchy

de Lianne Mctavish

Propriedade Descrição
ISBN: 9781438454788
Editor: State University of New York Press
Data de Lançamento: fevereiro de 2015
Idioma: Inglês
Tipo de produto: eBook
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Classificação Temática: eBooks em Inglês > Desporto e Lazer > Ginástica
eBooks em Inglês > Ciências Sociais e Humanas > Sociologia
EAN: 9781438454788
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