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"Professional wrestling is a strange beast full of contradictions--it's part live soap opera, part hyper-masculine violent spectacle. It is an indelibly American pastime enjoyed by millions and leads a select group of wrestlers to international fame. It's also a sport that leaves many of its athletes broken and battered, at serious risk of addiction, poverty, and early death. Body drop looks deeply at the nuances of professional wrestling and its strange place within American culture. Brian Oliu offers deeply personal meditations on such topics as disability, chronic pain, body image, masculinity, class, and more, all through the lens of American professional wrestling"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- PART ONE: Introducing First -- Tie-Up -- Mark Henry, the World's Strongest Man, Is the World's Strongest Man -- Back-Body Drop -- Triple H and Why There Are Fights in Locker Rooms -- Wristlock -- Heartbreak -- or, How I Felt When Shawn Michaels Threw His Best Friend through a Window -- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Jorge the Giant -- Tiger Feint Kick -- Hulk Hogan Comes to Tuscaloosa -- Splash -- Ric Flair Has More Cars Than You Have Friends -- Body Slam -- Tune In to The Miz's New Reality Show, Immediately Following Monday Night Raw -- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Giant Bernard's Name Has Changed to Protect His Past -- Omoplata -- The Ultimate Warrior Believes in Nothing but Forever -- Open-Hand Strike -- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Kamala Was Born in Senatobia, Mississippi -- Bret Hart and the Finished Dungeons of Our Youth -- Yokozuna and the Calling of Names That Aren't Our Own -- Owen Hart and the Finite Life of Ropes -- PART TWO: Listen to This Crowd -- Kimura Lock -- Everyone Has a "Macho Man" Randy Savage Impersonation -- Lateral Press -- The WWE Hall of Fame Does Not Exist: An Inauguration Poem -- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: The Statue of Giant Baba Suplexing a Sedan Was a Temporary Installation -- Seated Senton -- I Am the GIF of the White Kid with My Fist in the Air When the Nation of Domination Walks Out -- There Will Be No Mention of _____'s Name Tonight -- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Before We Saw Nia Jax's Body, They Only Showed Her Eyes -- Chickenwing -- John Cena Is the Only Thing That Is Left Here -- Front Chancery -- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Cannot Be Forgotten -- Spinning Heel Kick -- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: The Giant Singh Becomes the Great Khali -- Figure-Four Armlock -- CM Punk's Return Is Imminent -- Arm Bar. |
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Brock Lesnar and the Woman I Am About to Marry Are Both Billed from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota -- Mr. Perfect Alone in a Room Where He Will Die -- In Which I Imagine Running into Shinsuke Nakamura at Waffle House One Night -- PART THREE: Surely This Is It -- Eye Rake -- Chris Jericho and How the World Ends -- Asuka Means Tomorrow -- Irish Whip -- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Paul, the Apostle, the Giant -- Chinlock -- On Razor Ramon Entering the Ring for the First Time and the Last Time -- Seiken Punch -- The Rock Covered Up His Brahma Bull Tattoo the Same Weekend I Watched Him in the Film San Andreas -- Calf Crusher -- Daniel Bryan Is Grateful -- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: The Eighth Wonder of the World Visits the First Wonder of the World -- Body Scissor -- A Giant Is Always Interrupting: Braun Strowman Is Never Finished -- Topé con Hilo -- Vince McMahon and the Tending of the Flock -- Facewash -- Manami Toyota Wants to Return to a Body That Does Not Hurt Anywhere Anymore -- My Mother Still Asks about The Undertaker -- On Dressing Up as Goldust for Halloween -- Mankind's Entrance Music Is Different Than His Exit Music -- Championship Celebration -- Credits. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Wrestling -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Wrestling -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Wrestling. |
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Wrestling -- United States.
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Wrestlers -- United States.
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Wrestlers. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION / History. |
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Electronic books.
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Essay.
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Electronic books.
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essays.
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Essays.
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Essays.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781469663401 1469663406 9781469663418 1469663414 (DLC) 2021000644 (OCoLC)1232017153 |
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9781469663432 (electronic book) |
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1469663430 (electronic book) |
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9781469663401 |
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1469663406 |
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9781469663418 |
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1469663414 |
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