Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture (Studies in American Popular History and Culture)

by Heather Addison

Jerome Nadelhaft

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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.
  • ISBN10 0415762421
  • ISBN13 9780415762427
  • Publish Date 23 April 2015 (first published 24 September 2003)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 200
  • Language English