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Muscle boys : gay gym culture / Erick Alvarez.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alvarez, Erick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay culture.
- Gay men--Social life and customs.
- Gay men.
- Body image in men.
- Gymnasiums--Social aspects.
- Gymnasiums.
- Physical fitness--Social aspects.
- Physical fitness.
- Human body--Social aspects.
- Human body.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 298 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Haworth Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Gay gym culture
- Greek gym culture and the Greek ideal
- The fall and rise of the gym-built body
- Muscle media
- The gay gym
- Muscle boys
- The poz jock
- The gay athlete
- The circuit boy
- The muscle bear
- The older male
- The locker room.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781560234043
- 1560234040
- OCLC:
- 124158807
- Online:
- Publisher description
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