What is the importance of Tarzan as noted in the nonfiction book, White?

Tarzan is a film character in many movies, exemplifying what Dyer calls the "champion/built body and a colonial setting" (146). Tarzan is a white man who was raised in a jungle, so though he is of the 'natives' he is not truly one of them: his body is superior in every way and his skin tone also sets him apart. Thus, Tarzan represents a hybrid between the concept of white colonialism/ control over native lands and the concept of racial tension. He demonstrates that exposure of the white male body in film can carry a message beyond simply demonstrating muscularity: it can also represent authority, skill, and biological markers which set white people apart, supposedly, from non-white natives.