1st Edition
A Genealogy of Male Bodybuilding From classical to freaky
Introduction: Researching Built Bodies
1. Historical and Theoretical Coordinates of Bodybuilding’s Trajectory
2. Building ‘Perfect’ Bodies: The Restorative Model of the Early Period (1880s-1930s)
3. From ‘Ideal Manhood’ to ‘Muscle For Muscle’s Sake:’ Shift of Paradigm in the Middle Period (1940s-1970s)
4. Breaking Boundaries: Freaky Bodies and the Paradigm of Elite Sport Performance
5. Machine, Animal, Hardcore: Freak as Dominant Approach to the Embodied Practice, Aesthetic of Representation, and Group Identity
6. A Monstrous Practice for Producing the Monstrous Body: Drug Use for Bodybuilding Purposes
7. Extreme Sport and Corporate Entertainment: The Freaky Body as Commodified Spectacle
Conclusion
Biography
Dimitris Liokaftos is a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Sport Science Section, Department of Public Health at Aarhus University, Denmark
