Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-94676-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

Reihe: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Addison, Heather

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Hollywood and Physical Culture 2. The Drama-Canning Industry Heads West: Hollywood Emerges 3. Capitizing Their Charms: Cinema Stars and Reducing 4. Ascending the Celluloid Heavens: Reducing as Personal Transformation 5. Hollywood and Physical Culture: The 1920s and Beyond

Über Autor(innen)

Heather Addison