#WWE : professional wrestling in the digital age /

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The millions of fans who watch World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) programs each year are well aware of their role in building the narrative of the sport. #WWE: Professional Wrestling in the Digital Age explores the intersections between media, technology, and fandom in WWE's contemporary progr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Jeffries, Dru (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Series:Year's work (Bloomington, Ind.)
Subjects:
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Wrestling.
Wrestling
Lutte.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Storyworld, Wrestling, Entertainment / Dru Jeffries
  • 1. World Building in the WWE Universe / Eero Laine
  • 2. The Work of Wrestling : Struggles for Creative and Industrial Power in WWE Labor / Andrew Zolides
  • 3. Mapping the WWE Universe : Territory, Media, Capitalism / Dru Jeffries and Andrew Kannegiesser
  • 4. Narrative Smarts : Negotiations of Creative Authority in Wrestling's Reality Era / Christian Norman
  • 5. Sport vs. Spectacle : Fan Discontent and the Rise of Sports Entertainment / Shane Toepfer
  • 6. The Marks Have Gone Off-Script : Rogue Actors in WWE's Stands / Sam Ford
  • 7. Botchamania and the Acoustics of Professional Wrestling / Christian B. Long
  • 8. "Tout It Out" : WWE's Experimentation and Failure with Social TV / Cory Barker
  • 9. "We're Not Just Cheerleaders" : Reading the Postfeminist Polysemy of Total Divas / Anna F. Peppard
  • 10. Daniel's Specter : Daniel Bryan, Chris Benoit, and the Work of Mourning / Sean Desilets.

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