Remaking the Male Body

Remaking the Male Body
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780199695577
ISBN-13 : 0199695571
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Book Synopsis Remaking the Male Body by : Joan Tumblety

Download or read book Remaking the Male Body written by Joan Tumblety and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first monograph to explore the imagined link between male athletic prowess and national strength in interwar France. It ultimately sheds light on the roots of Vichy's project for masculine regeneration after the military defeat of 1940.


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