Little Big Men: Bodybuilding Subculture and Gender Construction (SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)
By Alan M. Klein.
Description
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 ...
ISBN(s)
0791415600, 9780791415603
