Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture / Edition 1

by Heather Addison

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415946766
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/24/2003
Series:	Studies in American Popular History and Culture
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

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