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Convergent Wrestling - Participatory Culture, Transmedia Storytelling, and Intertextuality in the Squared Circle (Paperback)
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Convergent Wrestling - Participatory Culture, Transmedia Storytelling, and Intertextuality in the Squared Circle (Paperback)
Series: The Cultural Politics of Media and Popular Culture
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This book examines how the current era of "convergence" has
affected, and is reflected in, the world of professional wrestling,
which combines several different genres, including drama, action,
comedy, horror, science fiction, and even romance. Professional
wrestling’s business practices exist at the intersection of
bottom-up fan-centric strategies and strict top-down corporate
control. Meanwhile, the wrestlers themselves combine aspects of
carnival hucksters, actors/actresses, comedians, superheroes,
martial artists, or stuntmen, and the narratives consist of
everything from social critique to geopolitical allegories, and
from soap opera melodramas to stereotyped exploitation. Bringing
together the latest scholarship in the field, Convergent Wrestling
analyzes various texts, business practices, and fan activities to
explore the commonalities that define professional wrestling and
consider how it exists in today’s new media ecology. In addition,
the book considers the professional wrestling industry from several
different angles, from massive multinational conglomerate World
Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to local indie federations. As such,
it will appeal to scholars with interests in popular culture, media
and cultural studies, and fan practices.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
The Cultural Politics of Media and Popular Culture |
| Release date: |
September 2020 |
| First published: |
2019 |
| Editors: |
CarrieLynn Reinhard
• Christopher Olson
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
204 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-66067-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-367-66067-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780367660673 |
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