Wrestling in Britain : sporting entertainments, celebrity and audiences / Benjamin Litherland.
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Routledge,
[2018]
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| Series: | Routledge research in sports history.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: â#x80;#x98;We donâ#x80;#x99;t look on wrestling as a sportâ#x80;#x99;: introducing sporting entertainment; Fields, terrains and coordinates; Methodology; Structure of the book; Notes; Bibliography; 1. The field vs the stage; Scenes from a low life; Sparring in the most fashionable and scientifical style; Can the ancient sport be saved?; Compromise and contradiction; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 2. â#x80;#x98;Are the bouts rigged?â#x80;#x99;: The enduring possibility of sporting entertainment; Theatrical athletes.
- Manly Christian menIf anyone can do anything if there be money in it; The bad days are over; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 3. â#x80;#x98;Equally vociferous both for and againstâ#x80;#x99;: Compromise, conflict and pleasure; What the public wants, itâ#x80;#x99;s going to get; Perception and appreciation; We want blood, we want blood; What frightful needs are satisfied there?; All were cynical about wrestling; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 4. Villains, blue-eyes and the melodrama of celebrity; The fans hate him more each time they buy a ticket; A national concern; Slang-whang reporters; A splendid showman.
- Keeping his identity intact was an obsessionConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 5. â#x80;#x98;Everything is eventually going to find its way on the goggle-boxâ#x80;#x99;: Television and spectacle; Something better than a ringside seat; Black masks, stomachs the size of saucepans and glittering gowns; Stuck in about 1955, and the world had changed; Entertain the public who will not otherwise pay to watch it; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Epilogue; Index.