The erotic in sports
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Author
Publication
1996 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL978633M
- ISBN-100231105568
- OCLC Control Number34544908
- OCLC Control Numbereroticinsports0000gutt
- Library of Congress Control Number96015878
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1163594
- Goodreads4323310
Classifications
- DDC796/.01
- LCCGV706.4 .G88 1996
Description
In The Erotic in Sports, Allen Guttmann illuminates a topic commonly hidden in the shadows, drawing upon literature, art, modern mass media, and traditional historical sources to describe and comment upon its importance across nearly three millennia of Western history. Investigating aesthetic ideals that romanticize the lithe, agile fencer at one historical moment and the massively muscled football player at another, surveying ancient legends and products of pop culture, Guttmann's groundbreaking work uncovers a vast array of evidence that cultures across the ages have celebrated, glorified, censured, and denied the erotic aspects of sports.
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