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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Professional Wrestling"”.
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Professional Wrestling and Myth
… and chose heroes in their specific interests. Professional wrestling is such a third place, and is an intriguing ground for research since it is responsive to the cultural zeitgeist. Wrestling also has the ability to mimic mythic stories via their characters. I apply Joseph Campbell’s typology …
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The Psychological, Sociological, and Cultural Aspects of Professional Wrestling as Soap Opera.
<p>This thesis explores professional wrestling as a cultural medium, a form of theater/soap opera that provides psychological and sociological releases for its viewing audience. Research methodology includes participant-observation and content analysis. Findings suggest that professional wrestling …
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The image of professional wrestling: a case study of the Chris Benoit double murder-suicide
… role in influencing public perception of the professional wrestling industry following the Chris Benoit double murder-suicide. The researcher sought to understand the manner in which newspapers portrayed the professional wrestling industry and whether media coverage in general played a role in …
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Wrestling With Crisis Communication: WWE's Scandals and Public Relations Strategies in 2015
… an intersection of organizational rhetoric, professional wrestling and social media. Professional wrestling, like many other sports, is rich with scandal. Steiner makes a scholarly inquiry into how World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and in particular Seth Rollins, Bill DeMott, and Hulk Hogan …
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Stylizing, Commodifying, and Disciplining Real Bodies: An Examination of WWE Wrestling
<p>This dissertation examines professional wrestling in the U.S., in particular, live and television shows produced by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Through the examination, it addresses complex issues of authenticity, audience, commodification, and discipline in contemporary popular …
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Doubter Come Home from a Drowning of Vision
… of the manuscript, explores the lives of two professional wrestlers. While the spectacle of professional wrestling is the backdrop for this series of linked, narrative poems, the relationship between protagonists Tracy and Dodge and who they are as individuals, rather than the caricatures …
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Notes On Distance Dialing
My mom thought watching professional wrestling would turn me gay, so I saw the WWF mostly at my dad’s house, on his twelve-inch black and white television with aluminum foil for an antenna. Every other week I got two hours of gyrating pretty boys, unexamined racism, heavy breathing, and the …
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Is It Nationalism? History's Impact on Okinawan Identity
… in ordinary places such as vending machines, professional wrestling, and license plates.