{"product_id":"sculpting-the-woman-bee-scherer-9781906165833","title":"Sculpting the Woman: Muscularity, Power and the Problem with Femininity","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is femininity?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy does the idea of femininity not seem to  fit  with muscular women?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy are muscular women the object of such controversy and skepticism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy do some women build muscle despite these strong cultural reactions?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuscular women have long been the focus of public scrutiny, cultural contempt and fascination. \u003cem\u003eSculpting the Woman\u003c\/em\u003e interrogates the protected status of femininity as it has been rendered irrelevant to the history, theory and politics of the muscular woman. This highly original and provocative work draws on important social thinkers including Michel Foucault and Judith Butler as well as recent theoretical developments on gender, identity and the body in poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, various feminisms and social and moral philosophy. This book offers a personal insight into one of the most threatening of cultural identities: the  muscular female . Through its analysis of femininity's complex relationship with muscularity, it explores the larger question:  What is a woman? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bee Scherer,Jamilla Rosdahl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1906165831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781906165833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Bee Scherer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088944476415,"sku":"9781906165833","price":74.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fa442e1e-048a-4cdc-a5fa-7d688338db1d.jpg?v=1769107421","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sculpting-the-woman-bee-scherer-9781906165833","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}