Identity in professional wrestling : essays on nationality, race and gender /

"This collection of new essays contributes to the growing literature on pro wrestling with a broad exploration of identity in the sport. Topics include cultural appropriation in the ring, gender non-comformity, national stereotypes, and wrestling as transmission of cultural values"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Horton, Aaron D. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
Temas:
Wrestling > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Wrestlers > Social conditions > Cross-cultural studies.
Lutte > Aspect social > Études transculturelles.
Lutteurs > Conditions sociales > Études transculturelles.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Wrestling > Social aspects
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Iron Sheik and public representation of Iranian national identity in professional wrestling / Zara Mirmalek
  • "They ain't like us" : race, class and gender in Smoky Mountain wrestling / Edward Salo
  • Latin lords of the ring : politics, nativism and Mexican/Chicano identity through professional wrestling / Justin D. Garcia
  • "Degenerative sports and dirty tactics" : race and professional wrestling in Cape Town, South Africa, c. 1880-1988 / Hendrik Snyders
  • Nazis, Japs and Pearl Harbor attacks : German and Japanese stereotypes in American professional wrestling / Aaron D. Horton
  • Deepest, darkest Africa : cultural appropriation in professional wrestling / Kevin Hogg
  • Wrestling with masculinity : exoticos in lucha libre / Ximena Rojo de la Vega Guinea
  • Transformed bodies and gender norms : gender identity of Japanese women pro wrestlers / Keiko Aiba
  • "A secret fascination" : professional wrestling, gender non-conformity and masculinity / Elizabeth Catte and Josh Howard
  • Sasha Banks, the boss of NXT : media, gender and the evolution of women's wrestling in WWE / Christiana Molldrem Harkulich
  • The beginnings of wrestling in Brazil : theatricality, marketing and a colorful character / Riqueldi Straub Lise, Andre Mendes Capraro, Natasha Santos and Aaron D. Horton
  • The transmission of cultural values through professional wrestling : a cross-cultural comparison / Tyson L. Platt
  • The "sportification" of wrestling in France : strength, performance and regulation (1852-1913) / Frederic Loyer and Jean-François Loudcher
  • "I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket" : music in the Memphis and Mid-South/UWF professional wrestling territories and the transformation of southern political culture, 1958-87 / Christopher L. Stacey
  • Pile driving the past : WWE '13 and mediating the history of WWE through video games / Andrew Baerg
  • Lowland gorilla ballerina acrobat : Brock Lesnar, Sherdog.com and the perception of professional wrestlers competing in combat sports / Evan Karl Nagel
  • Macho madness and the mania ("oh yeaaaah, dig it!") : mediatization, masculinities and affective memories of WWF's halcyon days (circa 1984-1993) / Damion Sturm
  • Origins of the rock 'n' wrestling connection / Seth Bovey.

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