Gender capital and male bodybuilders

Body and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-107

  Bridges, Tristan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodily capital; Bodybuilders; Bodybuilding; Cultural capital; Field specificity; Gender capital; Hegemonic masculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549154121     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X08100148     Document Type: Article

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