The perfectible body : the Western ideal of male physical development /
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| Author / Creator: | Dutton, Kenneth R. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Continuum, 1995. |
| Description: | 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1698608 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - Uncovering the Body
- Pt. I. The Evolving Body. 1. The Emerging Body. The Bodies of Gods and Heroes. The Allure of the Athlete. Symbolic Bodies. 2. The Body Re-Born. The Ambiguous Body. Re-discovering the Body. Conventional Bodies. The Secular Body. 3. The Visible Body. Studio Bodies. Powerful Bodies. Bare Bodies. 4. The Body Built. The Hero: Sandow. The Faun: Sansone. Sportsmen and Stars. 5. The Popular Body. Savage and Superman. Muscle Wars
- Pt. II. The Legible Body. 6. The Social Body. Reading the Body. The Transformable Body. Archetypal Bodies. 7. The Body Politic. Dominant Bodies. The American Dream. Bodies in Command. 8. The Sexual Body. Improve Your Sex Life. Bodies on the Borderline. Sex Show or Sport? 9. The Self-Absorbed Body. Obsessive Bodies. Unnatural Bodies. 10. The Self-Contained Body. Bodies Bold and Beautiful. The All-inclusive Body. The Transfigured Body
- Pt. III. The Contemporary Body. 11. The Body Observed. The Body's Image. Men's Bodies, Women's Eyes. The Objectified Body. The Ambivalent Body. 12. The Body in Context. The Body's Legacy. The Body Today.