dc.contributor.author | Brown, David | en_GB |
dc.contributor.department | University of Exeter | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-02-06T10:31:02Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-25T12:07:28Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-20T15:05:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | This paper reflects and theorises upon the engagement in a 'self-refelxive body project' by five male bodybuilders as they experience becoming, and being a bodybuilder. Using a life history approach, the notion of 'process' is opened up by contextualising the participants' bodybuilding biographies in a social, cultural and historical framework. Subjective meanings of constructing and 'being' a hyper-muscular male body are considered in relation to indications of empowerment and enselfment as experienced by these men as their bodies develop. In interpreting this data, a range of theories of the body are eclectically drawn upon to inform the process of becoming and being a bodybuilder in terms of its impact on self and social identity. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol VII, Numbers 1 & 2, pp. 83-90 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10036/17594 | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_GB |
dc.subject | Body | en_GB |
dc.subject | identity | en_GB |
dc.subject | masculinity | en_GB |
dc.subject | change | en_GB |
dc.title | Male bodybuilders and the social meaning of muscle | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2008-02-06T10:31:02Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-25T12:07:28Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-20T15:05:31Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0967-5507 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1479-9715 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Auto/Biography | en_GB |