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Item Details
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PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, THE MYTH, THE MAT, AND AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE
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| By: |
Marc Leverette |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£89.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0773466258 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780773466258 |
| Publisher: |
THE EDWIN MELLEN PRESS LTD |
| Series: |
Studies in Popular Culture No. 2 |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
This work aims to provide answers as to why wrestling is so popular, and shows the symbolic functions of wrestling as an act of social meaning. Through analyses of past matches and storylines, it is shown that wrestling acts as myth in the same way that other genres such as westerns have done. |
| Synopsis: |
This work aims to provide answers as to why wrestling is so popular, and shows the symbolic functions of wrestling as an act of social meaning. Through analyses of past matches and storylines, it is shown that wrestling acts as myth in the same way that other genres such as westerns have done. |
| Illustrations: |
bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Edwin Mellen Press Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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