Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/ki8dRk Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk By: Lee Monaghan Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415226837, 041522683X eText ISBN: 9781134588527, 1134588526 Edition: 1st Pages: 232 Copyright year: 2000 Format: EPUB Available from $ 25.98 USD SKU 9781134588527R90 Current popular interest in bodies, fitness, sport and active lifestyles, has made bodybuilding more visible and acceptable within mainstream society than ever before. However, the association between bodybuilding, drugs and risk has contributed to a negative image of an activity which many people find puzzling. Using data obtained from participant observation and interviews, this book explores bodybuilding subculture from the perspective of the bodybuilder. It looks at: * How bodybuilders try to maintain competent social identities * How they manage the risks of using steroids and other physique-enhancing drugs * How they understand the alleged steroid-violence link * How they 'see' the muscular body. Through systematic exploration it becomes apparent that previous attempts to explain bodybuilding in terms of 'masculinity-in-crisis' or gender insecurity are open to question. Different and valuable insights into what sustains and legitimizes potentially dangerous drug-taking activities are provided by this detailed picture of a huge underground subculture. Additional ISBNs 0203146085, 0203179927, 6610328730, 0203136527, 1280328738, 1134588534, 1134588488, 1134588526, 9780415226820, 9780415226837, 0415226821, 041522683X
