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Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture

Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture - American Popular History and Culture

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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.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780415946766
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 791.43028092273
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 188
Weight: 454g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 19mm

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