Little Big Men - Alan M. Klein

Little Big Men

Bodybuilding Subculture and Gender Construction

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
326 Seiten
1993
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-1560-3 (ISBN)
33,60 inkl. MwSt
Little Big Men is a study of competitive bodybuilders on the West Coast that examines the subculture from the perspective of bodybuilders' everyday activities. It offers fascinating descriptions and insightful analogies of an important and understudied subculture that has risen to widespread popularity in today's mass culture.

Alan Klein conducted his field study of bodybuilding in some of the world's best-known gyms. In studying the social and political relations of bodybuilding competitors, Klein explores not only gym dynamics but also the internal and external pressures bodybuilders face. Central to his examination is the critique of masculinity. Through his study of "hustling" among bodybuilders, Klein is able to construct a social-psychological male configuration that includes narcissism, homophobia, hypermasculinity, and fascism. Because they exist as exaggerations, these bodybuilder traits come to represent one end of the continuum of modern masculinity, what Klein terms comic-book masculinity. This study is a rare foray into the critique of contemporary American macho.

Alan M. Klein is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University. He is the author of Sugarball: The American Game, The Dominican Dream.

Acknowledgments

PART ONE: THE WORLD OF THE BODYBUILDER

Introduction

1. Breaking and Entering: Presupposition and Faux Pas in the Gym

2. Caste and Class in a Western Gym

3. The Good, the Bad and the Indifferent

4. Muscle Moguls: The Political-Economy of Competitive Bodybuilding

5. Little Big Men of Olympic

PART TWO: SUBCULTURE ANALYSIS OF BODYBUILDING

6. Pumping Iron: Crisis and Contradiction in Bodybuilding

7. Sally's Corner: The Women of Olympic

8. The Hustler Complex: Narcissism, Homophobia, Hypermasculinity, and Authoritarianism

9. Comic-Book Masculinity and Cultural Fiction

Appendix A

Appendix B

Notes

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 24.8.1993
Reihe/Serie SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations
Zusatzinfo Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort Albany, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 481 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 0-7914-1560-0 / 0791415600
ISBN-13 978-0-7914-1560-3 / 9780791415603
Zustand Neuware
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