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The Squared Circle: Life, Death and Professional Wrestling Tapa dura - 2013
de David Shoemaker
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Grantland and Deadspin correspondent presents a breakthrough examination of the professional wrestling, its history, its fans, and its wider cultural impact that does for the sport what Chuck Klosterman did for heavy metal.
The Squared Circle grows out of David Shoemaker’s writing for Deadspin, where he started the column Dead Wrestler of the Week” (which boasts over 1 million page views) -- a feature on the many wrestling superstars who died too young because of the abuse they subject their bodies to -- and his writing for Grantland, where he covers the pro wrestling world, and its place in the pop culture mainstream. Shoemaker’s sportswriting has since struck a nerve with generations of wrestling fans wholike himgrew up worshipping a sport often derided as fake” in the wider culture. To them, these professional wrestling superstars are not just heroes but an emotional outlet and the lens through which they learned to see the world.
Starting in the early 1900s and exploring the path of pro wrestling in America through the present day, The Squared Circle is the first book to acknowledge both the sport’s broader significance and wrestling fans’ keen intellect and sense of irony. Divided into eras, each section offers a snapshot of the wrestling world, profiles some of the period’s preeminent wrestlers, and the sport’s influence on our broader culture. Through the brawling, bombast, and bloodletting, Shoemaker argues that pro wrestling can teach us about the nature of performance, audience, and, yes, art.
Full of unknown history, humor, and self-deprecating reminiscencebut also offering a compelling look at the sport’s rightful place in pop cultureThe Squared Circle is the book that legions of wrestling fans have been waiting for. In it, Shoemaker teaches us to look past the spandex and body slams to see an art form that can explain the world.
The Squared Circle grows out of David Shoemaker’s writing for Deadspin, where he started the column Dead Wrestler of the Week” (which boasts over 1 million page views) -- a feature on the many wrestling superstars who died too young because of the abuse they subject their bodies to -- and his writing for Grantland, where he covers the pro wrestling world, and its place in the pop culture mainstream. Shoemaker’s sportswriting has since struck a nerve with generations of wrestling fans wholike himgrew up worshipping a sport often derided as fake” in the wider culture. To them, these professional wrestling superstars are not just heroes but an emotional outlet and the lens through which they learned to see the world.
Starting in the early 1900s and exploring the path of pro wrestling in America through the present day, The Squared Circle is the first book to acknowledge both the sport’s broader significance and wrestling fans’ keen intellect and sense of irony. Divided into eras, each section offers a snapshot of the wrestling world, profiles some of the period’s preeminent wrestlers, and the sport’s influence on our broader culture. Through the brawling, bombast, and bloodletting, Shoemaker argues that pro wrestling can teach us about the nature of performance, audience, and, yes, art.
Full of unknown history, humor, and self-deprecating reminiscencebut also offering a compelling look at the sport’s rightful place in pop cultureThe Squared Circle is the book that legions of wrestling fans have been waiting for. In it, Shoemaker teaches us to look past the spandex and body slams to see an art form that can explain the world.
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- Título The Squared Circle: Life, Death and Professional Wrestling
- Autor David Shoemaker
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición 1st Edition, 1st
- Páginas 390
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Gotham Books, New York
- Fecha de publicación 2013-10-31
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9781592407675 / 1592407676
- Peso 1.35 libras (0.61 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.5 pulgadas (23.11 x 14.99 x 3.81 cm)
- Época de 18 a UP años
- Cursos 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Wrestling, Wrestling - Social aspects
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2013007230
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.812
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Penguin Publishing Group, 2013. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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