TY - BOOK ID - 78074385 TI - Feminist figure girl PY - 2015 SN - 1438454783 9781438454788 9781438454771 1438454775 9781438454764 PB - Albany DB - UniCat KW - Feminism KW - Feminism and sports. KW - Women bodybuilders. KW - Female bodybuilders KW - Bodybuilders KW - Women athletes KW - Sports and feminism KW - Sports KW - Emancipation of women KW - Feminist movement KW - Women KW - Women's lib KW - Women's liberation KW - Women's liberation movement KW - Women's movement KW - Social movements KW - Anti-feminism KW - History KW - Emancipation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78074385 AB - Feminist Figure Girl chronicles the transformation of art history professor Lianne McTavish, from a university professor into an extraordinarily tanned and crystal-encrusted bikini-wearing "figure girl."Figure competitions seek a softer appearance than traditional forms of bodybuilding but still require rigorous weightlifting, an extreme protein diet, and many hours of posing in high heels. While training for a figure show, McTavish combined autoethnographic methods, participant observation, and feminist theory to find new ways of thinking about physique culture and the female body.The author, who specializes in critical visual culture and the history of the body, explores such contemporary issues as body image, fat studies, identity politics, and "postfeminism," while rethinking fitness culture, diet regimes, feminist politics, reproductive activism, performance art, and the social function of photography. Written in a lively personal style reminiscent of McTavish's popular blog, she clearly explains the complex ideas stemming from the theoretical work of such writers as Judith Butler, Simone de Beauvoir, Michel Foucault, Iris Marion Young, Edmund Husserl, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The book also includes many photos documenting McTavish's physical transformation. ER -