Ormrod, J., 2002.
Issues of Gender in Muscle Beach Party (1964)
| Output Type: | Internet publication |
| Publication: | Scope Online Journal of Film Studies |
| Publisher: | Institute of Film Studies, University of Nottingham, Nottingham |
| URL: | www.nottingham.ac.uk/film/journal |
| Volume/Issue: | December 2002 |
Discussing masculinity in the context of surfing and bodybuilding lifestyles in America of the early 1960s. Uses Judith Butler's notion of performative identity to suggest that masculinity is not just about how the male and masculine body is represented.
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