Squared Circle Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling

Name: Squared Circle Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling
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ISBN: 9781592408818

ISBN-10: 1592408818

ISBN-13: 9781592408818

Edition: 2014

Authors: David Shoemaker

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A breakthrough examination of the professional wrestling, its history, its fans, and its wider cultural impact The Squared Circle grows out of David Shoemaker’s writing for Deadspin, where he started the column Dead Wrestler of the Week” (which boasts more than 1 million page views)a feature on the many wrestling superstars who died too young because of the abuse they subject their bodies toand 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,…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/4/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.03" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English