Male bodybuilders on Instagram: negotiating inclusive masculinities through hegemonic masculine bodies.
Gender is performative and embodied. This is especially apparent when we consider activities such as male bodybuilding, through which men pursue very muscular, hyper-masculine bodies. In this article, we examine the hybridized masculinities practised by male bodybuilders on the objectifying, image-b...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Gender Studies Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 570 - 590 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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