Athletic Intruders

Anne Bolin , Professor of Anthropology at Elon University, competes in amateur women's bodybuilding. Jane Granskog is Professor of Anthropology at California State University at Bakersfield and an elite Master's (over age forty) triathlete.

• Acknowledgments IntroductionANNE BOLIN AND JANE GRANSKOG 1. Reflexive Ethnography, Women, and Sporting ActivitiesANNE BOLIN AND JANE GRANSKOG 2. Just "Tri" and "Du" It: The Variable Impact of Female Involvement in the Triathlon/Duathlon Sport CultureJANE GRANSKOG 3. Postmodern Aerobics: Contradiction and ResistancePIRKKO MARKULA 4. Cultural Expressions of African American Female Athletes in Intercollegiate SportTERESE M. PERETTO STRATTA 5. Beauty or the Beast: The Subversive SomaANNE BOLIN 6. A Woman's Place is in the... Cardiovascular Room?? Gender Relations, the Body, and the GymSHARI L. DWORKIN 7. Women Who Ride: The Bitch in the Back is DeadBARBARA JOANS 8. "I Was There...": Gendered Limitations, Expectations, and Strategic Assumptions in the World of Co-ed SoftballFAYE LINDA WACHS 9. Changing Body Aesthetics: Diet and Exercise Fads in a Newfoundland Outport CommunityDONA DAVIS 10. Kicking Stereotypes into Touch: An Ethnographic Account of Women's RugbyP. DAVID HOWE AFTERWORD Pastimes and Presentimes: Theoretical Issues in Research on Women in ActionANNE BOLIN AND JANE GRANSKOG List of Contributors Index Listing of Books in Series