Professional Wrestling, the Myth, the Mat, and American Popular Culture
Author: Marc Leverette
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780773466258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccording to Leverette, a student of media studies at Rutgers University who teaches courses in media and popular culture, this study of professional wrestling seeks "(1) to explore how popular culture has been evaluated and understood in the modern world by looking at various 'schools' of criticism, (2) to establish the existence of myth and ritual in the modern, technological world, and illustrate its function as sociological propaganda, (3) to explore the narratives of professional wrestling to elucidate how stories continually present a thematic myth of America." Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).