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Material Information
- Title:
- Exploration of Societal Notions of Body Creation and Hyper-Masculinity in the Subculture of Bodybuilding
- Creator:
- Sims, Jon
- Publisher:
- Knight School of Communication
- Publication Date:
- 2014
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- Abstract:
- This research presents Autoethnography and Visual Autoethnographic interviews as a method for exploring how amateur bodybuilders understand and identify with images of themselves. I use autoethnography to tell the story of my own experiences and describe how I construct my identity through personal images and performances as I train for the National Physique Committee state championships in High Point, North Carolina in April 2014. To give a greater perspective on the subculture of male bodybuilders I also perform six face to face semi-structured visual autoethnographic interviews with amateur male bodybuilders. Visual autoethnography mobilizes spaces of understanding; transcending limitations of verbal discourse and opening spaces for mutual appreciation and reflection. This form of autoethnography ignites connections and understandings as visuals become the bridge that connects the researcher and respondent within interviews. This study argues that autoethnography and visual autoethnography facilitate an enriched research space within which previously hidden embodied knowledges are shared through connecting readers with others experiences, emotions, understandings and reflections. ( en )
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