Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150103666

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150103666

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Muscling Up: Australian men, sexualisation and body image enhancment. Australian men are under increasing pressure to appear fit, with psychologists and others identifying body dissatisfaction, depression, and illegal supplement use as evidence of a 'crisis'. However, no research has explored men's emotional and physical investments in injunctions to be 'healthy', or relatively new opportunities in consumer culture for men to style the body. This qualitative project aims to explore men's motivations for engaging in body image-enhancing practices. It expects to provide insight that will benefit those engaged in advocating healthy lifestyles to men.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 16-04-2015

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $240,133.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Social Change | Gender Specific Studies | Cultural Studies | Culture, Gender, Sexuality

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Men's Health |

Other Keywords

Cultural Studies | Culture, Gender, Sexuality | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Gender Specific Studies | Men's Health | Social Change

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