Body Drop : Notes on Fandom and Pain in Professional Wrestling /
"Professional wrestling is a strange beast full of contradictions--it's part live soap opera, part hyper-masculine violent spectacle. It is an indelibly American pastime enjoyed by millions and leads a select group of wrestlers to international fame. It's also a sport that leaves many...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2021]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- PART ONE: Introducing First
- Tie-Up
- Mark Henry, the World's Strongest Man, Is the World's Strongest Man
- Back-Body Drop
- Triple H and Why There Are Fights in Locker Rooms
- Wristlock
- Heartbreak
- or, How I Felt When Shawn Michaels Threw His Best Friend through a Window
- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Jorge the Giant
- Tiger Feint Kick
- Hulk Hogan Comes to Tuscaloosa
- Splash
- Ric Flair Has More Cars Than You Have Friends
- Body Slam
- Tune In to The Miz's New Reality Show, Immediately Following Monday Night Raw
- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Giant Bernard's Name Has Changed to Protect His Past
- Omoplata
- The Ultimate Warrior Believes in Nothing but Forever
- Open-Hand Strike
- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Kamala Was Born in Senatobia, Mississippi
- Bret Hart and the Finished Dungeons of Our Youth
- Yokozuna and the Calling of Names That Aren't Our Own
- Owen Hart and the Finite Life of Ropes
- PART TWO: Listen to This Crowd
- Kimura Lock
- Everyone Has a "Macho Man" Randy Savage Impersonation
- Lateral Press
- The WWE Hall of Fame Does Not Exist: An Inauguration Poem
- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: The Statue of Giant Baba Suplexing a Sedan Was a Temporary Installation
- Seated Senton
- I Am the GIF of the White Kid with My Fist in the Air When the Nation of Domination Walks Out
- There Will Be No Mention of _____'s Name Tonight
- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Before We Saw Nia Jax's Body, They Only Showed Her Eyes
- Chickenwing
- John Cena Is the Only Thing That Is Left Here
- Front Chancery
- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Cannot Be Forgotten
- Spinning Heel Kick
- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: The Giant Singh Becomes the Great Khali
- Figure-Four Armlock
- CM Punk's Return Is Imminent
- Arm Bar.
- Brock Lesnar and the Woman I Am About to Marry Are Both Billed from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
- Mr. Perfect Alone in a Room Where He Will Die
- In Which I Imagine Running into Shinsuke Nakamura at Waffle House One Night
- PART THREE: Surely This Is It
- Eye Rake
- Chris Jericho and How the World Ends
- Asuka Means Tomorrow
- Irish Whip
- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Paul, the Apostle, the Giant
- Chinlock
- On Razor Ramon Entering the Ring for the First Time and the Last Time
- Seiken Punch
- The Rock Covered Up His Brahma Bull Tattoo the Same Weekend I Watched Him in the Film San Andreas
- Calf Crusher
- Daniel Bryan Is Grateful
- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: The Eighth Wonder of the World Visits the First Wonder of the World
- Body Scissor
- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Braun Strowman Is Never Finished
- Tope con Hilo
- Vince McMahon and the Tending of the Flock
- Facewash
- Manami Toyota Wants to Return to a Body That Does Not Hurt Anywhere Anymore
- My Mother Still Asks about The Undertaker
- On Dressing Up as Goldust for Halloween
- Mankind's Entrance Music Is Different Than His Exit Music
- Championship Celebration
- Credits.