Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 231 g
Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 231 g
Reihe: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
ISBN: 978-1-03-208386-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
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 as plot, character, scenic design, props, and spectacle. By assessing professional wrestling as a neglected but prototypical case study in the global business of theatre, Laine argues that it is an exemplary form of globalizing, commercial theatre. He asks what theatre scholars might learn from pro wrestling and how pro wrestling might contribute to conversations beyond the ring, by considering the laboring bodies of the wrestlers, and analyzing wrestling’s form and content.
Of interest to scholars and students of theatre and performance, cultural studies, and sports studies, Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage delimits the edges of wrestling’s theatrical frame, critiques established understandings of corporate theatre, and offers key wrestling concepts as models for future study in other fields.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
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