Benjamin Litherland (UK University of Huddersfield)

Wrestling in Britain

Sporting Entertainments, Celebrity and Audiences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Sports History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9780367894085
• ISBN-10: 0367894084
• Artikelnr.: 58412243

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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