Building Bodies is an exciting collection of articles that strive toward constructing theoretical models in which power, bodies, discourse, and subjectivity interact in a space we can call the "built" body, a dynamic, politicized, and biological site. Contributors discuss the complex relationship between body building and masculinity, between the built body and the racialized body, representations of women body builders in print and in film, and homoeroticism in body building. Linked by their focus on the sport and ... Read More
Building Bodies is an exciting collection of articles that strive toward constructing theoretical models in which power, bodies, discourse, and subjectivity interact in a space we can call the "built" body, a dynamic, politicized, and biological site. Contributors discuss the complex relationship between body building and masculinity, between the built body and the racialized body, representations of women body builders in print and in film, and homoeroticism in body building. Linked by their focus on the sport and practice of body building, the authors in this volume challenge both the way their various disciplines (media studies, literary criticism, gender studies, film and sociology) have gone about studying bodies, and existing assumptions about the complex relationship between power, subjectivity, society, and flesh. Body building - in practice, in representation, and in the cultural imagination - serves as an launching point because the sport and practice provide ready challenges to existing assumptions about the "built" body. Read Less
Add this copy of Building Bodies (Perspectives on the Sixties) to cart. $15.51, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Rutgers University Press.
Add this copy of Building Bodies (Perspectives on the Sixties) to cart. $18.95, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Rutgers University Press.
Add this copy of Building Bodies to cart. $20.00, new condition, Sold by Folded Corner Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Endicott, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Rutgers Univ Pr.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New. No Dustjacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾-9¾Tall; Since th 1980's, bodies have been the object of increasing academic fascination. The pages are clean and tight with no markings in the book.
Add this copy of Building Bodies to cart. $45.67, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Rutgers University Press.
Add this copy of Building Bodies to cart. $50.00, new condition, Sold by Folded Corner Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Endicott, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Rutgers Univ Pr.
Add this copy of Building Bodies to cart. $68.86, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Rutgers University Press.
Add this copy of Building Bodies to cart. $71.60, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Rutgers University Press.
Add this copy of Building Bodies to cart. $86.45, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Rutgers University Press.
Add this copy of Building Bodies to cart. $114.42, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Rutgers University Press.
