American Hunks
The Muscular Male Body in Popular Culture, 1860-1970
The American hunk is a cultural icon: the image of the chiseled, well-built male body has been promoted and exploited for commercial use for over 125 years, whether in movies, magazines, advertisements, or on consumer products, not only in America but throughout the world.American Hunks is a fascinating collection of images (many in full color) depicting the muscular American male as documented in popular culture from 1860 to 1970. The book, divided into specific historic eras, includes such personalities as bodybuilder Charles Atlas; pioneer weightlifter Eugene Sandow; movie stars like Steve Hercules Reeves and Johnny Tarzan Weismuller; and…
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Weitere Autoren: Grubisic, Brett Josef
- ISBN: 978-1-55152-465-8
- EAN: 9781551524658
- Produktnummer: 38056043
- Verlag: Arsenal Pulp Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 316 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
Über den Autor
David L. Chapman is the author of 11 previous books, including Comin? at Ya!: The 3-D Photographs of Denny L. Denfield (Arsenal 2007) and Adonis: The Male Physique Pin-up. He also writes for various bodybuilding magazines. He lives in Seattle. Brett Josef Grubisic is the author of the novel The Age of Cities (Arsenal, 2006) and the editor of Contra/Diction: New Queer Male Fiction (Arsenal, 1998)and co-editor (with Carellin Brooks) of Carnal Nation: Brave New Sex Fictions (Arsenal, 2000). He teaches English at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
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