Professional wrestling is one of the most popular performance practices in the United States
and around the world, drawing millions of spectators to live events and televised broadcasts …

Written with media students in mind, this accessible book provides both students and
researchers with a new perspective on how to research engagement, not as a metric but as …

Boxing and Performance is the first substantial piece of work to place the lived experience of
female and male boxers in dialogue with one another. Crews and Lennox critically reflect on …

At the intersection of sport, entertainment and performance, wrestling occupies a unique
position in British popular culture. This is the first book to offer a detailed historical and …

ABSTRACT Though written in 1957, Roland Barthes''The World of Wrestling'from
Mythologies resonates with sports even today. As a choreographed fight between a pre …

[Ed. note: On 14 November 2017, TDR received this response to Sharon Mazer's article
posted on 24 August 2017. Mazer has since updated her article. We do not believe these …

Within the world of professional wrestling, the blurred boundaries of the live event and
physical nature of the sport intersect with the dramatized storytelling of this entertainment …

In 1991, legendary bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno announced his intention to return to
competition. Rather than host a mere established bodybuilding contest, he decided to throw …

This chapter is a study of the harms inflicted, or likely to be inflicted, on the performers of
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It begins with a discussion of the harmful and …

In 1932 a Manchester Guardian journalist spent the evening at the Victoria Palace theater in
London. The evening's entertainment came in the form of a wrestling match between two …