[Review of: E. Laine (2020) Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage]

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Publication date 2022
Journal Popular Culture Studies Journal
Volume | Issue number 10 | 1
Pages (from-to) 387-390
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract For a long time, critics and scholars have debated whether professional wrestling can be classified as theatre, sports, or something else entirely. Ero Laine’s book Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage acknowledges professional wrestling’s peculiarity and examines its position in a stage of commercial interest.
Document type Book/Film/Article/Exhibition review
Note Part of special issue 'Food, Popular Culture, and the COVID-19 Pandemic'.
Language English
Published at https://www.mpcaaca.org/pcsj-volume-10-number-1
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