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Muscle works : physical culture and the performance of masculinity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chow, Broderick (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Evanston : Northwestern University Press, 2024.
Series:Performance works
Subjects:
Physical fitness > History > 19th century.
Physical fitness > History > 20th century.
Weight training > Social aspects.
Masculinity.
Human body > Social aspects.
Health promotion.
Health Promotion
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Get Jacked Like Me!
  • Hypertrophy: Men's Bodybuilding and Theatricality
  • Transformation: The Dynamic Tensions of "Before and After"
  • Strength: Astonishing Feats with Willful Things
  • Failure and Recovery: The Cross-Contamination of Progressive Overload
  • Grappling: George Hackenschmidt's Education in Wrestling
  • Mirror: Racial Impressibility and the Built Asian Male Body
  • Coda: Muscle Beach, 1934-1958: Prelude, Pause, and Utopia