<i>Transgressive bodies: Representations in film and popular culture</i> Niall Richardson

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“…Whereas Lyon's photos were initially a cult phenomenon, Hollywood too took notice. Perhaps the most famous examples of this was found in James Cameron's 1991 box office success Terminator 2: Judgement Day, which include a scene of female protagonist Linda Hamilton doing pull-ups and displaying the muscularity of her biceps (Richardson 2016).…”

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Representations of Hulk Hogan in the 1980s: Christianity, Masculinity, Xenophobia

Heffernan

2023

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In 1984, professional wrestler Hulk Hogan defeated the Iron Sheik to win the WWF Heavyweight Title. Thus marked the birth of ‘Hulkamania’, a near-decade-long period when Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Bollea) crossed over into American popular culture. In the following years, Hogan battled a series of proxies for America’s enemies, from the Soviet rival in Nikolai Volkoff, Iranian sympathizer Sergeant Slaughter, and the Japanese sumo wrestler Yokozuna, among other opponents. More importantly, Hogan appeared on American talk shows, the front of magazines, had his own children’s cartoons, and marketed workout devices, toys, food, and a host of other ephemera. Existing in a liminal space between sport and entertainment, professional wrestling allows athletes/performers far more opportunities to cultivate messages and meanings through their bodies. Using film, wrestling magazines, and wrestling broadcasts, this article argues that Hogan’s body and his use of his body were paramount to his success. More than that, the use of his body embodied ideals about American masculinity. It embodied all-American strength, an ability to succeed no matter the odds, and a fierce Christian patriotism. Hogan was one of the biggest stars of the 1980s, inside and outside of sport. His body and its representation are thus worthy of study.

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Representations of Hulk Hogan in the 1980s: Christianity, Masculinity, Xenophobia

Heffernan

2023

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“…Some gay men purposefully "stuff" or bloat themselves (Richardson 2010). Some entertain male pregnancy fantasies; but then again, such a "pregnancy" is masculinized, with the men often pushing the limits of how much their stomach can hold as it expands (Kyrölä 2011).…”

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The Contemporary Reader of Gender and Fat Studies

Kemmerer

2023

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The Contemporary Reader of Gender and Fat Studies is a key reference work in contemporary scholarship situated at the intersection between Gender and Fat Studies, charting the connections and tensions between these two fields.Comprising over 20 chapters from a range of diverse and international contributors, the Reader is structured around the following key themes: theorizing gender and fat; narrating gender and fat; historicizing gender and fat; institutions and public policy; health and medicine; popular culture and media; and resistance. It is an intersectional collection, highlighting the ways that "gender" and "fat" always exist in connection with multiple other structures, forms of oppression, and identities, including race, ethnicity, sexualities, age, nationalities, disabilities, religion, and class.

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Transgressive bodies: Representations in film and popular culture Niall Richardson

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Representations of Hulk Hogan in the 1980s: Christianity, Masculinity, Xenophobia

Representations of Hulk Hogan in the 1980s: Christianity, Masculinity, Xenophobia

The Contemporary Reader of Gender and Fat Studies

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