Bodybuilding as identity in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6031046 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosabelle Boswell (0000-0001-7099-7713, Nelson Mandela University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 384-395 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-5843 • E-ISSN: 1472-5851 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14725843.2016.1195250 |
| OpenAlex | W2499770228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
Recent studies suggest that contemporary body work involves ‘fashioning futures’ and the spectacularisation of identity to articulate multiple subjectivities in diverse world. This article investigates the situation and experiences of black male bodybuilders in a South African town ‘after’ apartheid, exploring thoughts about whether bodybuilding may be a response to the continuation of racism in post-apartheid South Africa. The proposal is that the built body not ostensibly a means to respond to racism, rather the body has become ‘terrain’: a palpable, modifiable entity which is produced to manage ‘texture’ (skin shaped by muscle, sinew, veins and fat). The textured body leads to an alternatively located self that ‘displaces’ the coloured skin. This article continues the call to bring the ‘bring the body back’ into societal analyses and adds to reflections on the multiplicity of body work
Aesthetics · Art · Futures contract · Racism · Sociology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society
Histoire de la sexualité, Tome I
Embodiment and experience
Ethnography in/of the World System
Black Women's Bodies and The Nation
Capital Culture
The Logic of Practice
What Is ‘Body Work’? A Review of the Literature
Playing with Fire
Bodies that matter
In the Gym
Body Projects and the Regulation of Normative Masculinity
Gender Capital and Male Bodybuilders
Bodies That Matter
The Mindful Body
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |