156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
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Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage examines professional wrestling as a century-old, theatrical form that spans from its local places of performance to circulate as a popular, global product. Professional wrestling has all the trappings of sport, but is, at its core, a theatrical event. This book acknowledges that professional wrestling shares many theatrical elements such... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction: Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage 1. Productive Theatre and Professional Wrestling: The Business of Kayfabe 2. Form and Content: Professional Wrestling’s Troubling Theatrics 3. Hardcore Wrestling: Deregulation and Theatrical Danger 4. Trading Likenesses: Wrestling Labor and the Branded Body 5. A Stock Theatre Company: WWE and Theatrical Value Conclusion: Wrestling Futures Index
Biography
Eero Laine is Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He is the co-editor of Performance and Professional Wrestling (2017).
