The Perfectible Body: Western Ideal of Physical Development (Sexual politics) - Tapa blanda

Dutton, K.R.

 
9780304332304: The Perfectible Body: Western Ideal of Physical Development (Sexual politics)

Sinopsis

This book explores and re-evaluates the traditional muscular hero-figure and the origins of the western ideal of a "perfectible body", developed from the pagan bodily ideals of ancient Greece. It illustrates the evolution of this ideal into the visual language of bodybuilders and strippers.

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This book explores and re-evaluates the traditional muscular hero-figure and the origins of the western ideal of a "perfectible body", developed from the pagan bodily ideals of ancient Greece. It illustrates the evolution of this ideal into the visual language of bodybuilders and strippers.

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