A genealogy of male body building : from classical to freaky /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Liokafto, Dimitris (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Series:	Routledge research in sport, culture and society.
Subjects:	Bodybuilding > Social aspects. Masculinity. Human body > Social aspects. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: researching build bodies
Historical and theoretical coordinates of bodybuilding's trajectory
Building "perfect" bodies: the restorative model of the early period (1880s-1930s)
From "ideal manhood" to "muscle for muscle's sake": shift of paradigm in the middle period (1940s-1970s)
Breaking boundaries: freaky bodies and the paradigm of elite sport performance
Machine, animal, hardcore: freak as dominant approach to the embodied practice, aesthetic of representation, and group identity
A monstrous practice for producing the monstrous body: drug use for bodybuilding purposes
Extreme sport and corporate entertainment: the freaky body as commodified space.