Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man
Subtitle: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: July 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780809055470
Subjects: History; Popular Culture - General; Sociology; History: American; Men's Studies - Masculinity; United States - 19th Century; History / United States / 19th Century
First sentence: Images of male muscular development and bodily perfection have both a distinguished lineage and a troubled history in Western culture.