Convergent wrestling : participatory culture, transmedia storytelling, and intertextuality in the squared circle /: participatory culture, transmedia storytelling, and intertextuality in the squared circle. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Christopher J. Olson.
• Authors: Reinhard, CarrieLynn D
• Editors: Reinhard, CarrieLynn D; Olson, Christopher J
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Defining Convergent Wrestling (CarrieLynn D. Reinhard and Christopher J. Olson ) 2. Wrestlers, Fans, and Power Dynamics at Live Events (Annette Hill ) 3. Kayfabe as Convergence: Content Interactivity and Prosumption in the Squared Circle (CarrieLynn D. Reinhard ) 4. Wrestling with Characters: Viewer Engagement in Contemporary Television Wrestling (Oliver Kroener ) 5. Sports Entertainment: Toward a High Concept of Professional Wrestling (John Quinn ) 6. WWE’s Corporate Documentary: Convergence, Collective Memory, and the Case Against Warrior (Christopher A. Medjesky ) 7. Who Is the "Baddest Bitch in the Building?": Genre Convergence and the Inversion of Gender Roles in Lucha Underground (Christopher J. Olson and Rogelia Lily Ibarra ) 8. Allusion and the Reality of Power: Professional Wrestling and Technology’s Role in the Re-creation of the Referee (Shirley Oakley ) 9."Ultimate! Atomic! Buster!" Street Fighter, Professional Wrestling, and Visual Semiotics (Justin Wigard and Ted Troxell ) 10. Pile-Driving the Fourth Wall: Audience as Participant in CHIKARA Professional Wrestling (Matthew Wysocki and Joshua Call ) 11. The Pro-Wrestling audience as Imagined Community: Reflecting on the WWE Universe as a "Fan-Generated Narrative" Body (Joyce Goggin and Argyrios Emmanouloudis ) 12. "What’s Best for Business": The WWE Cruiserweight Classic and Managing Renegade Audiences Through Affective Economics (Robert Watts ) 13. Wrestling Fandom and Digital Convergence: The Kitsch Class Consciousness of Sirius XM’s Busted Open Radio (Garret L. Castleberry ) 14. "I’ve Been in the Danger Zone!": Botchamania as a Site of Cultural Convergence for the Modern Internet-Savvy Wrestling Fan (Mario A. Dozal and Gabriela I. Morales ) 15. Conclusion: Future Endeavors (CarrieLynn D. Reinhard and Christopher J. Olson ) Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 796.812; Wrestling; Wrestling -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351233965; 9781351233972; 9781351233958; 9781351233989
• Related ISBNs: 9780815377641
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