#Wwe: Professional Wrestling in the Digital Age

$28.00

Subject: Pop Arts / Pop Culture

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Date Published: 12-2019

ISBN: 025304491X | EAN: 9780253044914

BasicBinding: Paperback

Features: Illustrated, Bibliography, Price on Product, Index | Pages: 232

Annotation:

#WWE explores the relationship between truth and fiction in professional wrestling in ways that are extremely relevant to the contemporary socio-political climate (e.g., "fake" news)

#WWE looks at professional wrestling not just as a performance art but a transmedia phenomenon, collaboratively constituted by producers and fans.

This book will appeal to scholars of film, television, and media; sports studies; and popular culture and fandom. Its accessible approach will make it appealing for classroom use as well.

#WWE explores the relationship between truth and fiction in professional wrestling in ways that are extremely relevant to the contemporary socio-political climate (e.g., "fake" news)

#WWE looks at professional wrestling not just as a performance art but a transmedia phenomenon, collaboratively constituted by producers and fans.

This book will appeal to scholars of film, television, and media; sports studies; and popular culture and fandom. Its accessible approach will make it appealing for classroom use as well.