Wrestling Literacy The Diegetic World Of World Wrestling Entertainment

Author : Karsten Keuchler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3656732914

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Wrestling Literacy. The Diegetic World of World Wrestling Entertainment by Karsten Keuchler Pdf

Examination Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, TU Dortmund, language: English, comment: up-to-date in 2014, abstract: This book gives an up-to-date insight into the world of professional wrestling, its history, its mechanisms, and its cultural importance both globally and nationally in the US. The author depicts the diegetic world of the WWE as a genre of its own, a genre that requires expertise from the viewer in order to be interpreted accurately. Accordingly, this paper analyses the way the WWE makes use of semiotic tools and narrative elements. Moreover key issues concerning gender, sexuality, authenticity, politics, ideology, and the fans' role and perspective are addressed. There is also a special focus on how the WWE has been playfully dealing with reality / real events within its fictional, diegetic world since the legendary Montral Screwjob from 1997 - the latter being an aspect which sets professional wrestling, which is widely regarded as part of postmodern "trash culture," apart from other, similar sorts of entertainment. All in all, "Wrestling Literacy" is a wonderful guide for anyone who happens to switch to one of WWE's weekly TV shows (such as Raw, Smackdown, or NXT) without having the slightest idea of what he sees. "Wrestling Literacy" is also a good read for all academics of culture and media studies in general. But "Wrestling Literacy" is a must-read for all wrestling fans, especially those with some degree of academic interest in the subject matter.

Author : Brian Shields
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Wrestlers
ISBN : OCLC:1151792834

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WWE Encyclopedia by Brian Shields Pdf

Author : Brian Shields,Kevin Sullivan,World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc,World Wrestling Federation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Wrestlers
ISBN : OCLC:818234287

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WWE Encyclopedia by Brian Shields,Kevin Sullivan,World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc,World Wrestling Federation Pdf

Alphabetically arranged entries provide information about the wrestlers, events, and products of the WWE from its beginnings in the 1960s as the World Wrestling Federation to the present.

Author : Aubrey Sitterson
Publisher : IDW Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 1631407449

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Street Fighter X G. I. JOE by Aubrey Sitterson Pdf

On a hidden island in international waters, 16 combatants enter a secret tournament... one that pits Street Fighter vs. G.I. JOE! M. Bison and Destro have joined forces, and taking them down will require the world's finest warriors: Ryu, Snake Eyes, Guile, Scarlett, Chun-Li, and Duke.

Author : Eero Laine,Broderick Chow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000429053

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Sports Plays by Eero Laine,Broderick Chow Pdf

Sports Plays is a volume about sports in the theatre and what it means to stage sports. The chapters in this volume examine sports plays through a range of critical and theoretical approaches that highlight central concerns and questions both for sports and for theatre. The plays cut across boundaries and genres, from Broadway-style musicals to dramas to experimental and developmental work. The chapters examine and trouble the conventions of staging sports as they open possibilities for considering larger social and cultural issues and debates. This broad range of perspectives make the volume a compelling resource for students and scholars of sport, theatre, and performance studies whose interests span feminism, sexuality, politics, and race.

Author : Richard Abel,Rick R. Altman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0253108705

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The Sounds of Early Cinema by Richard Abel,Rick R. Altman Pdf

The Sounds of Early Cinema is devoted exclusively to a little-known, yet absolutely crucial phenomenon: the ubiquitous presence of sound in early cinema. "Silent cinema" may rarely have been silent, but the sheer diversity of sound(s) and sound/image relations characterizing the first 20 years of moving picture exhibition can still astonish us. Whether instrumental, vocal, or mechanical, sound ranged from the improvised to the pre-arranged (as in scripts, scores, and cue sheets). The practice of mixing sounds with images differed widely, depending on the venue (the nickelodeon in Chicago versus the summer Chautauqua in rural Iowa, the music hall in London or Paris versus the newest palace cinema in New York City) as well as on the historical moment (a single venue might change radically, and many times, from 1906 to 1910). Contributors include Richard Abel, Rick Altman, Edouard Arnoldy, Mats Björkin, Stephen Bottomore, Marta Braun, Jean Châteauvert, Ian Christie, Richard Crangle, Helen Day-Mayer, John Fullerton, Jane Gaines, André Gaudreault, Tom Gunning, François Jost, Charlie Keil, Jeff Klenotic, Germain Lacasse, Neil Lerner, Patrick Loughney, David Mayer, Domi-nique Nasta, Bernard Perron, Jacques Polet, Lauren Rabinovitz, Isabelle Raynauld, Herbert Reynolds, Gregory A. Waller, and Rashit M. Yangirov.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Acting games
ISBN : 9163378566

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Nordic Larp by Anonim Pdf

Author : Beat Suter,Mela Kocher,René Bauer
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839443040

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Games and Rules by Beat Suter,Mela Kocher,René Bauer Pdf

Why do we play games and why do we play them on computers? The contributors of »Games and Rules« take a closer look at the core of each game and the motivational system that is the game mechanics. Games are control circuits that organize the game world with their (joint) players and establish motivations in a dedicated space, a »Magic Circle«, whereas game mechanics are constructs of rules designed for interactions that provide gameplay. Those rules form the base for all the excitement and frustration we experience in games. This anthology contains individual essays by experts and authors with backgrounds in Game Design and Game Studies, who lead the discourse to get to the bottom of game mechanics in video games and the real world - among them Miguel Sicart and Carlo Fabricatore.

Author : Shaun Assael,Mike Mooneyham
Publisher : Crown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307758132

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Sex, Lies, and Headlocks by Shaun Assael,Mike Mooneyham Pdf

“Current fans and recovering Hulkamaniacs alike should find [Sex, Lies, and Headlocks] as gripping as the Camel Clutch.” —Maxim Sex, Lies, and Headlocks is the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the backstabbing, scandals, and high-stakes gambles that have made wrestling an enduring television phenomenon. The man behind it all is Vince McMahon, a ruthless and entertaining visionary whose professional antics make some of the flamboyant characters in the ring look tame by comparison. Throughout the book, the authors trace McMahon’s rise to power and examine the appeal of the industry’s biggest stars—including Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Gorgeous George, Bruno Sammartino, Ric Flair, and, most recently, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock. In doing so, they show us that while WWE stock is traded to the public on Wall Street, wrestling remains a shadowy world guided by a century-old code that stresses secrecy and loyalty. With a new afterword, this is the definitive book about the history of pro wrestling. “Reading this excellent behind-the-scenes look at wrestling promoter McMahon . . . is almost as entertaining and shocking as watching the most extreme antics of McMahon’s comic-book style creations such as Steve Austin and The Rock.” —Publishers Weekly “A quintessentially American success story of a cocky opportunist defying the odds and hitting it big . . . Sparkling cultural history from an author wise enough to let the facts and personalities speak for themselves.”—Kirkus Reviews

Author : Nathan Shedroff,Christopher Noessel
Publisher : Rosenfeld Media
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781933820767

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Make It So by Nathan Shedroff,Christopher Noessel Pdf

Many designers enjoy the interfaces seen in science fiction films and television shows. Freed from the rigorous constraints of designing for real users, sci-fi production designers develop blue-sky interfaces that are inspiring, humorous, and even instructive. By carefully studying these “outsider” user interfaces, designers can derive lessons that make their real-world designs more cutting edge and successful.

Author : Zala Volcic,Mark Andrejevic
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781137500991

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Commercial Nationalism by Zala Volcic,Mark Andrejevic Pdf

This book intervenes in discussions of the fate of nationalism and national identity by exploring the relationship between state appropriation of marketing and branding strategies on the one hand, and, on the other, the commercial mobilization of nationalist discourses.

Author : V. Vale
Publisher : Re/Search
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1889307114

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Incredibly Strange Films by V. Vale Pdf

Incredibly Strange Films is a functional guide to important territory neglected by the film-criticism establishment, spotlighting unhailed directors -- Hershell Gordon Lewis, Russ Meyer, Larry Cohen, Ray Dennis Steckler, Ted V. Mikels and others -- who have been critically consigned to the ghettos of gore and sexploitation films. In-depth interviews focus on philosophy while anecdotes entertain as well as illuminate theory. The guide includes biographies, genre overviews, filmographies, bibliography, quotations, an A-Z of film personalities, lists of recommended films, sources, index, as well as 172 photos.

Author : Brian "Box" Brown
Publisher : First Second
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781466858787

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Andre the Giant by Brian "Box" Brown Pdf

Andre Roussimoff is known as both the lovable giant in The Princess Bride and a heroic pro-wrestling figure. He was a normal guy who'd been dealt an extraordinary hand in life. At his peak, he weighed 500 pounds and stood nearly seven and a half feet tall. But the huge stature that made his fame also signed his death warrant. Box Brown brings his great talents as a cartoonist and biographer to this phenomenal new graphic novel. Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, and his film co-stars (Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, etc), Brown has created in Andre the Giant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures.

Author : M. Flanagan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230252042

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Bakhtin and the Movies by M. Flanagan Pdf

Martin Flanagan uses Bakhtin's notions of dialogism, chronotope and polyphony to address fundamental questions about film form and reception, focussing particularly on the way cinematic narrative utilises time and space in its very construction.

Author : Seán Crosson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135167462

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Sport and Film by Seán Crosson Pdf

The sports film has become one of commercial cinema's most recognizable genres. From classic boxing films such as Raging Bull (1980) to soccer-themed box-office successes like Bend it Like Beckham (2002), the sports film stands at the interface of two of our most important cultural forms. This book examines the social, historical and ideological significance of representations of sport in film internationally, an essential guide for all students and enthusiasts of sport, film, media and culture. Sport and Film traces the history of the sports film, from the beginnings of cinema in the 1890s, its consolidation as a distinct fiction genre in the mid 1920s in Hollywood films such as Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman (1925), to its contemporary manifestation in Oscar-winning films such as Million Dollar Baby (2004) and The Fighter (2010). Drawing on an extensive range of films as source material, the book explores key issues in the study of sport, film and wider society, including race, social class, gender and the legacy of 9/11. It also offers an invaluable guide to 'reading' a film, to help students fully engage with their source material. Comprehensive, authoritative and accessible, this book is an important addition to the literature in both film and media studies, sport studies and cultural studies more generally.