Alice Riis Bach

Freelance writer and sports critic

Presentation Doping, Fitness and the Changing Bodies - Play the Game 2005 (pdf.) Education:

M.A. in Cultural Communication.
B.Sc. in Sport Sciences and Physical Education. Teaching positions:

2005- Institute of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen; University of Malmö, Sweden
1995-1999 Institute of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen  Books:

2005 Mænd og muskler. En debatbog om styrketræning og anabole steroider. Forlaget Tiderne Skifter, København. This book investigates doping in fitness centres. It seeks to answer the question of why many younger men strive for a stereotypical body appearance and use anabolic steroids in order to make the muscles look bigger and more bulky. What are the consequences and side effects and why is it necessary also to discuss diet, compulsive exercise, and eating disorders. 2002 Kvinder på banen: sport, køn og medier. Forlaget Rosinante, København
About sport, gender and media in Denmark. In particular a discussion about how women's handball conquered the sports media from 1993. The book contains analytical perspectives on the development of the visual representation of women athletes on the sports pages.

TV documentaries:

2004  Sportens stærke kvinder. 150 minutes. DR 2 (Danish Broadcasting Corporation). This thematic evening is focusing on Danish athletes breaking down barriers for women in sport. Debate about the trend among some professional athletes who choose to stage themselves in an eroticised and more or less naked image in the tabloid press.  

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