9781138187115

1138187119

9781315643380

Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 71

Introduction: researching build bodies

Historical and theoretical coordinates of bodybuilding's trajectory

Building "perfect" bodies: the restorative model of the early period (1880s-1930s)

From "ideal manhood" to "muscle for muscle's sake": shift of paradigm in the middle period (1940s-1970s)

Breaking boundaries: freaky bodies and the paradigm of elite sport performance

Machine, animal, hardcore: freak as dominant approach to the embodied practice, aesthetic of representation, and group identity

A monstrous practice for producing the monstrous body: drug use for bodybuilding purposes

Extreme sport and corporate entertainment: the freaky body as commodified space.

Bodybuilding > Social aspects.

Human body > Social aspects.