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The Essay

New Generation Thinkers 2019

Marble, Muscle and Manly Bodies in the 18th Century

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Sarah Goldsmith from the University of Leicester explores the way the C18th craze for weight lifting fed into ideas about masculinity. Recorded at the 2019 Free Thinking Festival. Show more

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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