Erick Alvarez

Muscle Boys

Gay Gym Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 gym scene for more than a decade, offers an in-depth look at gay body culture and its role in modern gay life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781560234043
• ISBN-10: 1560234040
• Artikelnr.: 23469122

Autorenporträt

Erick Alvarez is a freelance writer and independent scholar. He has a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from San Francisco State University, and has been a personal trainer in the San Francisco gym scene for over a decade.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures. Acknowledgments. 1. Gay Gym Culture. 2. Greek Gym Culture
and the Greek Ideal. 3. The Fall and Rise of the Gym Built Body. 4. Muscle
Media. 5. The Gay Gym. 6. Muscle Boys. 7. The Poz Jock. 8. The Gay Athlete.
9. The Circuit Boy. 10. The Muscle Bear. 11. The Older Male. 12. The Locker
Room. Notes. Index.