Muscle Works : Physical Culture and the Performance of Masculinity / Broderick D. V. Chow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chow, Broderick, author.

Series:

Performance works.

Performance Works

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical fitness--History--19th century.

Physical fitness.

Physical fitness--History--20th century.

Genre:

Livres numériques.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Men's fitness as a performance-from nineteenth-century theatrical exhibitions to health and wellness practices today"-- Provided by publisher.

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

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780810147386

0810147386

OCLC:

1449624344