Leisure & pleasure :reshaping & revealing the New Zealand body 1900-1960

• 作者: Daley, Caroline.
• 出版: Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press 2003.
• 稽核項: 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) :illustrations.
• 標題: 1900-1999 , Physical fitness , Body image New Zealand -- History. , New Zealand. , Human body Social aspects -- New Zealand. , Manners and customs. , Physical fitness. , Human body , Body image. , SOCIAL SCIENCE , Social aspects , POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. , SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology -- Cultural. , History. , Human body Social aspects. , AnthropologyCultural. , Social life and customs , Public PolicyCultural Policy. , Popular Culture. , Social aspects. , POLITICAL SCIENCE , Electronic books. , New Zealand , New Zealand Social life and customs -- 20th century. , Physical fitness New Zealand -- History. , Body image , SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture.
• ISBN: 177558108X , 9781775581086
• ISBN: 186940291X , 9781869402914
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• 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-298) and index. The strongman cometh -- Sandow's legacy -- Beautiful bodies -- In the swim -- Indecent exposure? -- Swings and roundabouts -- State experiments.
• 摘要: "This book explores an unexpected aspect of New Zealand social history, the modern body at leisure. It begins by tracing the only New Zealand tour of Eugen Sandow, the most famous strongman of his age. Sandow's body delighted his audiences and inspired many to reshape and then reveal their toned torsos. His rich New Zealand legacy is examined as Daley takes us through the gyms of the early twentieth century, the rise of beauty contests, the new crazes of swimming and sunbathing, the advent of organised nudism and the display of young bodies in parks and playgrounds. While many advocated bodily improvement for the sake of the nation's well being, Daley shows that not everyone was motivated by such civic desires. The pleasure of looking and being looked at, of having fun in the surf and sand or on the swings and roundabouts, is an understudied aspect of our past. In uncovering it Daley argues for the need to broaden our conception of New Zealand history, and to move away from the common assumption that ours is a unique national story. With style and wit she sees the body beautiful in New Zealand as the local expression of a worldwide trend."--Jacket.
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