num_pages: 200
description: This book examines the relationship between cinema and physical culture i.e. activities such as dieting and muscle-building. It presents a case study of Hollywood's impact on the American reducing craze of the 1920s as the basis for speculating interrelationship of Hollywood and physical culture.
language: English
title: Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture
titlecomplete: Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture (Studies in American Popular History and Culture)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Routledge