| #737113 in Books | 2008-02-24 | 2007-12-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.78 x6.00l,.93 | File type: PDF | 332 pages||13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.| A clear & concise look into gay gym culture|By M. May|With the title and cover art as it is, one might speculate that this book is a sensationalist, popular culture romp, possibly infused with eroticism and beefy pectorals, (er . . . pictorials) of gay men and their torrid use of the gym. The tome is anything but. Alvarez has skillfully crafted a book that is academically s||ACCESSIBLE PROSE AND EXPERIENCED INSIGHT . . . . Provides the reader with a timely idea: the importance of the gym in allowing gay men a place where they can find each other and, most significantly, themselves. This VERY READABLE book polit
What was once a lifestyle for a small number of gay men in big cities has become a way of life for many, and the gay gym is now a culture on its own. Muscle Boys: Gay Gym Culture explores the evolution and current structure of this gay subculture that surfaced in San Francisco, West Hollywood, and New York during the 1970s.
Covering ancient Greek gymnasium culture, modern bodybuilding practices, and homoerotic muscle-bound...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Muscle Boys: Gay Gym Culture | Erick Alvarez. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
