Feminism and the Female Body : : Liberating the Amazon Within / / Sharon R. Guthrie, Shirley Castelnuovo.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Castelnuovo, Shirley,; Guthrie, Sharon R. ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Gender and Political Theory
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. The Feminist Wars --; 2. The Problem of Dualism and the Physically Powerful Female Body --; 3. Elite Female Bodybuilders: Models of Resistance or Compliance? --; 4. The Thousand Waves Experience: Intersecting Feminism and the Martial Arts --; 5. Female Sporting Bodies --; 6. Women with Disabilities: Transgressive Challenges to the Normative Body --; 7. Identity Politics and Coalition Building --; Appendix A: Research Methods for the Bodybuilding Study --; Appendix B: Examples of Questions from the Nutritional Perceptions and Practices of Bodybuilders --; Appendix C: Examples of Bodybuilding Interview Questions --; Appendix D: Research Methods for the Martial Artist Study --; Appendix E: Examples of Martial Artist Interview Questions --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685854010; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685854010
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sharon R. Guthrie, Shirley Castelnuovo.

The authors challenge the Cartesian emphasis on mind that characterizes much of feminist theory and explore the reclaiming of female bodies through a perspective that conceives of mind and body as a unity.