Muscle Boys - Gay Gym Culture (Paperback)

Find out why the gym has become the hottest place to work up a good sweat! Muscle Boys: Gay Gym Culture is an inside look at the secret world of exercise and fitness that's become one of the country's fastest growing and most influential gay subcultures. The author, a personal trainer on the San Francisco gay gym scene for more than a decade, examines the history, sociology, and influence of bodybuilding, male body image, and beefcake media, and incorporates the results of an online study of nearly 6,000 gay and bisexual men for an in-depth look at gay body culture and its role in modern gay life. Over the past 20 years, the physical and social trends of the gay gym have traveled far from the gay "ghettos" of New York and San Francisco, thanks to the modern gay man's ability to travel - both online and off. What was once a lifestyle for a small number of trendy gay men in big cities has become a way of life for many and the gay gym has become a subculture all its own. Muscle Boys includes interviews and profiles, photographs, and research findings on masculinity, steroids, sex in the locker room, and much more! Muscle Boys examines: the history of the ancient Greek gym culture and the Greek ideal the modern male body ideal - and the gay influences that created it body image in gay culture and its effect on modern gay socialization muscle media - a history of homoerotic muscle-bound photography, pornography, and advertising popular gay cultures and stereotypes (athletes, muscle boys, circuit boys, muscle bears, muscle daddies) the gym, fitness, and HIV fitness and health for gay baby boomers and seniors gay athletics steroids sex in the locker room "and much more" Muscle Boys is a mustread for anyone interested in gay body culture and for academics working in GLBT studies, human sexuality, psychology, and gay athletics.

General

Imprint:	Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Erick Alvarez
Dimensions:	213 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	298
ISBN-13:	978-1-56023-404-3
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Men's studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-56023-404-0
Barcode:	9781560234043

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