Becoming Bikini Bodybuilders

Challenges and Rewards of Ordinary Women Stepping on Stage

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Becoming Bikini Bodybuilders: Challenges and Rewards of Ordinary Women Stepping on Stage offers an insight into the bikini category of natural female bodybuilding by revealing benefits and challenges experienced by ordinary women who decide to become bikini bodybuilders. Nina Michalikova challenges prevailing misconceptions and shows that not all female athletes follow extreme training and dietary measures for prolonged periods of time to achieve their desired physique. By highlighting the positive aspects of bikini bodybuilding, this book breaks the stereotypes of a “typical bikini competitor” as a hyper-sexualized woman with underlying health issues. In addition to studying a little understood population of bikini athletes, the study uses an innovative methodology to examine the topic.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-24
Mått:158 x 236 x 23 mm
Vikt:581 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781666902235

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Nina Michalikova received her PhD in sociology from Texas Woman’s University in 2013 and is a professor of sociology at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Recensioner i media

Michalikova’s autoethnographic account on female bodybuilders is a fascinating read. Her story is not just from someone on the outside looking in; it is told from the voice of someone who has lived the life of a bikini athlete. The personal narratives add credibility to this study. The participants are from all over the world and the themes transcend different cultures. This book fills a gap in sociological literature about bikini competitors that wouldn’t be possible with other research methods.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. Personal LifeChapter 2. Social LifeChapter 3. Professional LifeChapter 4. DietChapter 5. TrainingChapter 6. Drugs and SupplementsChapter 7. CompetingChapter 8. ExpensesChapter 9. HealthConclusionReferencesAbout the Author