Reconceptualising the Gender of Fitness Doping: Performing and Negotiating Masculinity through Drug-Use Practices
This article analyses self-portrayals and gender constructions among Swedish male bodybuilders who are engaged in fitness doping. The empirical material comes from a larger ethnographic investigation into gym culture. The results show that there is a strong propensity to conform with particular gend...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-08-01
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| Series: | Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/4/3/546 |