Wrestling in Britain: Sporting Entertainments, Celebrity and Audiences

ISBN-13: 9780367894085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 192 str.

Benjamin Litherland

Opis

At the intersection of sport, entertainment and performance, wrestling occupies a unique position in British popular culture. This book is the first of its kind to offer a detailed historical and cultural analysis of British professional wrestling, exploring the shifting popularity of the sport as well as its wider social significance.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Field Vs the Stage  2. "Are the Bouts Rigged?" The Enduring Possibility of Sporting Entertainment  3. "Equally Vociferous Both for And Against": Compromise, Conflict and Pleasure  4. Villains, Blue-Eyes and The Melodrama of Celebrity  5. "Everything Is Eventually Going to Find Its Way on The Goggle-Box": Television and Spectacle  Epilogue

O autorze

Benjamin Litherland is a member of the Centre for Participatory Culture at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He is a media and cultural studies scholar, and his existing research portfolio demonstrates a diverse and interdisciplinary approach to the study of media, film, and sports and games