Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle, Second Edition

by Sharon Mazer

Professional wrestling is one of the most popular performance practices in the United States and around the world, drawing millions of spectators to live events and televised broadcasts. The displays of violence, simulated and actual, may be the obvious appeal, but that is just the beginning. Fans debate performance choices with as much energy as they argue about their favorite wrestlers. The ongoing scenarios and presentations of manly and not-so-manly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496826590
• ISBN13: 9781496826596
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"