Rethinking Charles Atlas

Authors
Toon, E
Citation
E. Toon, Rethinking Charles Atlas, RETHINK HIS, 4(1), 2000, pp. 80-84
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
History
Journal title
RETHINKING HISTORY
ISSN journal
13642529 → ACNP
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
80 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
1364-2529(200021)4:1<80:RCA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
From the 1920s on, Charles Atlas, the former '97-lb weakling', offered his own story of personal transformation as testimony of his 'Dynamic Tension' bodybuilding system's value. Viewing Atlas's system in its historical conte xt helps illuminate the disjuncture between an earlier body culture and our own.