The female bodybuilder as a gender outlaw

Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-159

  Shilling, Chris ^a   Bunsell, Tanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Female bodybuilding; Gender outlaws; The body; The interaction order

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649259399     PISSN: 19398441     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398440902909009     Document Type: Article

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