Transgressive Bodies

Contents: Introduction: the 'freak' body: nature versus culture? ; Part I Hyper-Muscular Bodies: Introduction: extreme bodybuilding; 'Wow, Dude! 'You're a monster!' The politics of bigorexia; Flex-rated! Hyper-muscular bodies: resistance or erotic spectacle? Part II Fat Bodies: Introduction: fat; But it's only a fat suit! Representing 'fake' fat in popularculture; 'Watch me grow!': fat admiration, stuffing and feederism. Part III Transsexed Bodies: Introduction: transexuality; Finding the voice I want to use: femininity, gentility and TransAmerica; Chicks with dicks and hunks with pussies: eroticising the pre-op transsexual body. Part IV Disabled Bodies: Introduction: disability; There's something about 'crip' bodies: contemporary representations of disability in the films of the Farrelly brothers and Todd Solondz; Becoming whole: amputees, devotees and self-demand amputation; Conclusion: strategies of containment?; Bibliography; Filmography; Index.

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• Teoria social
• Os estudos de gênero, grupos de gênero
• Estudos cultirais
• Doença e dependência: aspectos sociais
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