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Fighting for Recognition - Identity, Masculinity, and the Act of Violence in Professional Wrestling (Paperback)
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Fighting for Recognition - Identity, Masculinity, and the Act of Violence in Professional Wrestling (Paperback)
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In "Fighting for Recognition," R. Tyson Smith enters the world of
independent professional wrestling, a community-based entertainment
staged in community centers, high school gyms, and other modest
venues. Like the big-name, televised pro wrestlers who originally
inspired them, indie wrestlers engage in choreographed fights in
character. Smith details the experiences, meanings, and motivations
of the young men who wrestle as "Lethal" or "Southern Bad Boy,"
despite receiving little to no pay and risking the possibility of
serious and sometimes permanent injury. Exploring intertwined
issues of gender, class, violence, and the body, he sheds new light
on the changing sources of identity in a postindustrial society
that increasingly features low wages, insecure employment, and
fragmented social support. Smith uncovers the tensions between
strength and vulnerability, pain and solidarity, and homophobia and
homoeroticism that play out both backstage and in the ring as the
wrestlers seek recognition from fellow performers and devoted fans.
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