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This book explores and re-evaluates the traditional muscular hero-figure and the origins of the western ideal of a "perfectible body", developed from the pagan bodily ideals of ancient Greece. It illustrates the evolution of this ideal into the visual language of bodybuilders and strippers.
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The Perfectible Body: The Western Ideal of Physical Development (Sexual politics) [Paperback] k-r-dutton
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The Perfectible Body
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Condition: Muy bueno. : Este libro explora y reevalúa la figura tradicional del héroe musculoso y los orígenes del ideal occidental de un cuerpo perfectible, desarrollado a partir de los ideales corporales paganos de la antigua Grecia. Ilustra la evolución de este ideal en el lenguaje visual de los culturistas y strippers. Traza 2500 años de la forma masculina, desde los kouroi griegos hasta los strippers y pin-ups masculinos modernos. EAN: 9780304332304 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Arte y Cultura|Historia Título: The Perfectible Body Autor: Kenneth R. Dutton Editorial: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Idioma: en Páginas: 400 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-04-04-f3d4320c
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The Perfectible Body: Western Ideal of Physical Development (Sexual politics)
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The Perfectible Body: Western Ideal of Physical Development (Sexual politics)
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ISBN 10: 0304332305
ISBN 13: 9780304332304
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The Perfectible Body: Western Ideal of Physical Development (Sexual politics)
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book measures 24x19cm 400pp. Bound in original publishers softcover. Binding lightly rubbed with some minor shelf wear, Binding in very good condition, internally pages clean, A very good clean copy. Seller Inventory # 001714
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The Perfectible Body _ The Western Ideal of Physical Development
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