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Little Big Men: Bodybuilding Subculture and Gender Construction Paperback - 1993

by Alan M. Klein


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Little Big Men is a study of competitive bodybuilders on the West Coast that examines the subculture from the perspective of bodybuilders' everyday activities. It offers fascinating descriptions and insightful analogies of an important and understudied subculture that has risen to widespread popularity in today's mass culture.

Alan Klein conducted his field study of bodybuilding in some of the world's best-known gyms. In studying the social and political relations of bodybuilding competitors, Klein explores not only gym dynamics but also the internal and external pressures bodybuilders face. Central to his examination is the critique of masculinity. Through his study of "hustling" among bodybuilders, Klein is able to construct a social-psychological male configuration that includes narcissism, homophobia, hypermasculinity, and fascism. Because they exist as exaggerations, these bodybuilder traits come to represent one end of the continuum of modern masculinity, what Klein terms comic-book masculinity. This study is a rare foray into the critique of contemporary American macho.

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  • Title Little Big Men: Bodybuilding Subculture and Gender Construction
  • Author Alan M. Klein
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 3rd Printing
  • Pages 326
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press, Albany
  • Date 1993-08-24
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780791415603 / 0791415600
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.08 x 0.88 in (23.37 x 15.44 x 2.24 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
  • Library of Congress subjects Masculinity - United States, Bodybuilding - Social aspects - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92030816
  • Dewey Decimal Code 646.750

About the author

Alan M. Klein is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University. He is the author of Sugarball: The American Game, The Dominican Dream.
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