The Secret to Superhuman Strength

The Secret to Superhuman Strength

by Alison Bechdel

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"From the author of Fun Home, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times"--

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    How does Bechdel’s lifelong pursuit of physical fitness mirror or intersect with her ongoing search for emotional and spiritual fulfillment?

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    In what ways does the memoir use historical fitness fads—from 1970s ski-aerobics to running, yoga, and spinning—as a lens to examine cultural anxieties about aging and mortality?

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    Bechdel explores the fine line between healthy dedication and compulsive addiction; how does she portray the ego within her own fitness habits?

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