American hunks
Subtitle: the muscular male body in popular culture, 1860-1970
By: David L. Chapman and Brett Josef Grubisic
Contributors: Grubisic, Brett Josef
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781551522562
Subjects: Masculinity in popular culture; Men; Pictorial works; Photography of men; Men in popular culture
Description: "American Hunks depicts the muscular American male as documented in popular culture from 1860 to 1970. The book, divided into specific historic eras, includes such personalities as bodybuilder Charles Atlas, pioneer weightlifter Eugen Sandow, and movie stars like Steve "Hercules" Reeves and Johnny Weissmuller, and publications such as the 1920s-era magazine Physical Culture and the 1950s-era comic book Mr. Muscles. It also touches on the use of masculine, homoerotic imagery to sell political and military might, and how companies have used buff, near-naked men to sell products from laundry detergent to sacks of flour since the 1920s."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.