Performance and Professional Wrestling

By: Broderick Chow and Eero Laine and Claire Warden

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Synopsis: Performance and Professional Wrestling is the first edited volume to consider professional wrestling explicitly from the vantage point of theatre and performance studies. Moving beyond simply noting its performative qualities or reading it via other performance genres, this collection of essays offers a complete critical reassessment of the popular sport.Topics such as the suspension of disbelief, simulation, silence and speech, physical culture, and the performance of pain within the squared circle are explored in relation to professional wrestling, with work by both scholars and practitioners grouped into seven short sections: Audience Circulation Lucha Gender Queerness Bodies Race A significant re-reading of wrestling as a performing art, Performance and Professional Wrestling makes essential reading for scholars and students intrigued by this uniquely theatrical sport.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781317385066
Related ISBNs:: 9781138937239, 9781317385059, 9781315676401, 9781317385073, 9781138937222
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 11/29/24
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter Broderick Chow, Eero Laine, and Claire Warden
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Sports, Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Broderick Chow
Edited by:: Eero Laine
Edited by:: Claire Warden