Frueh_fm 11/7/00 9:33 AM Page i Monster BEAUTY Frueh_fm 11/7/00 9:33 AM Page ii University ofCalifornia Press Berkeley Los Angeles London Frueh_fm 11/7/00 9:33 AM Page iii Monster B E A U T Y Building the Body of Love JOANNA FRUEH Frueh_fm 11/7/00 9:33 AM Page iv The following chapters are revised versions ofmaterials published elsewhere: chapter : “Monster/Beauty: Midlife Bodybuilding as Aesthetic Discipline,” in Kathleen Wood- ward, Figuring Age: Women, Bodies, Generations (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, ); chapter : “Building the Body ofLove,” in Expanding Circles: Women, Art, and Community, ed. Betty Ann Brown (N.Y.: Midmarch Arts Press, ); chapter : “Dressing Aphrodite,” in n. paradoxa(): –. Excerpt from “I Am Not a Bunny” reprinted by permission ofMarnie Weber. Excerpt from “The Ship Song,” by Nick Cave, reprinted by permission ofWindswept Pacific Songs on behalfofMute Song, Ltd. Student materials excerpted in chapters and appear here with permission. University ofCalifornia Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University ofCalifornia Press, Ltd. London, England © by The Regents ofthe University ofCalifornia Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Frueh, Joanna. Monster/beauty : building the body oflove/Joanna Frueh. p . cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ---(cloth : alk. paper)— ISBN ---(pbk. : alk. paper) . Feminine beauty (Aesthetics). . Body image. 3. Frueh, Joanna. I. Title. HQ.F .—dc - Manufactured in Canada                     The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements ofANSI/NISO Z.-(R ) (Permanence of Paper). ∞ Frueh_fm 11/7/00 9:33 AM Page v To Aphrodite Frueh_fm 11/7/00 9:33 AM Page vi Aphrodite of Knidos, Colonna type, Roman copy. Rome, Vatican . Frueh_fm 11/7/00 9:33 AM Page vii This Page Intentionally Left Blank Frueh_fm 11/7/00 9:33 AM Page ix Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Aphrodite’s Garden 39 Photographs by Russell Dudley and Joanna Frueh EROTIC WEIGHT  Aphrodisia and Erotogenesis 59  Hypermuscular Performance 89  The Passionate Wife, the Passionate Daughter 127 PLEASURE AND PEDAGOGY  The Professor’s Body 149  Consensual Erotics 175  Exertions of Flesh on Flesh 189  The Primacy of Pleasure: Leisure, Crush, the Dominatrix 203  The Amorous Stepmother: A Pedagogical Experiment 215 ICONS OF PLEASURE  Dressing Aphrodite 247  Blonde Bunny Goddess 267  Border Cowgirl 285  Scarlet Women 287  Sade, My Sweet, My Truffle; or, Giving a Fuck 289  Vampiric Strategies 299 List of Illustrations 321 Index 323