{"product_id":"steel-chair-to-the-head-the-pleasure-and-pain-of-professional-wrestling-paperback","title":"Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Sammond\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe antagonists-oiled, shaved, pierced, and tattooed; the glaring lights; the pounding music; the shouting crowd: professional wrestling is at once spectacle, sport, and business. \u003ci\u003eSteel Chair to the Head\u003c\/i\u003e provides a multifaceted look at the popular phenomenon of pro wrestling. The contributors combine critical rigor with a deep appreciation of wrestling as a unique cultural form, the latest in a long line of popular performance genres. They examine wrestling as it happens in the ring, is experienced in the stands, is portrayed on television, and is discussed in online chat rooms. In the process, they reveal wrestling as an expression of the contradictions and struggles that shape American culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essayists include scholars in anthropology, psychology, film studies, communication studies, and sociology, one of whom used to wrestle professionally. Classic studies of wrestling by Roland Barthes, Carlos Monsiváis, Sharon Mazer, and Henry Jenkins appear alongside original essays. Whether exploring how pro wrestling inflects race, masculinity, and ideas of reality and authenticity; how female fans express their enthusiasm for male wrestlers; or how \u003ci\u003elucha libre\u003c\/i\u003e provides insights into Mexican social and political life, \u003ci\u003eSteel Chair to the Head\u003c\/i\u003e gives due respect to pro wrestling by treating it with the same thorough attention usually reserved for more conventional forms of cultural expression.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors.\u003c\/i\u003e Roland Barthes, Douglas L. Battema, Susan Clerc, Laurence de Garis, Henry Jenkins III, Henry Jenkins IV, Heather Levi, Sharon Mazer, Carlos Monsiváis, Lucia Rahilly, Catherine Salmon, Nicholas Sammond, Phillip Serrat, Philip Sewell\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteel Chair to the Head\" is an exceptionally smart and well-crafted collection that will be a valuable resource for popular culture scholars of all stripes. From start to finish, there's not a weak essay in the book. One of the best anthologies--on popular culture or anything else--that I've read in a long time.\"--Gilbert B. Rodman, author of \"Elvis after Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Sammond is Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBabes in Tomorrowland: Walt Disney and the Making of the American Child, 1930-1960\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8.84 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45893685412037,"sku":"9780822334385","price":51.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/DyH2lZwhRE9780822334385.webp?v=1781332820","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/steel-chair-to-the-head-the-pleasure-and-pain-of-professional-wrestling-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}