Professional wrestling as ritual drama in American popular culture

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    • Ball, Michael R.

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Professional wrestling as ritual drama in American popular culture

Michael R. Ball

(Mellen studies in sociology, v. 8)

Edwin Mellen Press, c1990

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-181) and index

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This text analyzes the phenomenon of American professional wrestling in light of the critical dramaturgy of Erving Goffman, Victor Turner and Mary Jo Deegan. It seeks to offer a scholarly explanation and sociological insight into professional wrestling in America.

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