A genealogy of male body building : from classical to freaky / / Dimitris Liokaftos
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| Autore: |
Liokafto Dimitris.
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| Titolo: |
A genealogy of male body building : from classical to freaky / / Dimitris Liokaftos
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, N.Y. ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Disciplina: | 796.41 |
| 613.71309 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Bodybuilding - Social aspects |
| Masculinity | |
| Human body - Social aspects | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Historical and theoretical coordinates of bodybuilding's trajectory -- 2. Building 'Perfect' bodies : the restorative model of the Early Period (1880s-1930s) -- 3. From 'Ideal Manhood' to 'Muscle for Muscle's Sake' : shift of paradigm to the Middle Period (1940s-1970s) -- 4. Breaking boundaries : freaky bodies and the paradigm of elite sport performance -- 5. Machine, animal, hardcore : freak as dominant approach to the embodied practice, aesthetic of representation, and group identity -- 6. A monstrous practice for producing the monstrous body : drug use for bodybuilding purposes -- 7. Extreme sport and corporate entertainment : the freaky body as commodified spectacle. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A genealogy of male body building |
| ISBN: | 1-317-28584-0 |
| 1-315-64338-3 | |
| 1-317-28585-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910163879203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; ; 71.