“Hey Skinny, Your Ribs Are Showing”: The Fitness Industry of Charles Atlas and Masculinity in Early Twentieth-Century United States

Authors

Conor Heffernan, Trinity College Dublin

Abstract

About the author

Conor Heffernan is a senior of History and Political Science at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Conor has a keen interest in health and fitness and American culture in the 20th century. He hopes to further his studies into the history of physical culture in the future.

First Page

15

Last Page

26

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Recommended Citation

Heffernan, Conor (2013) "“Hey Skinny, Your Ribs Are Showing”: The Fitness Industry of Charles Atlas and Masculinity in Early Twentieth-Century United States," Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History: Vol. 3: Iss. 3, Article 3.
DOI: 10.20429/aujh.2013.030303
Available at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/aujh/vol3/iss3/3