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The world of lucha libre : secrets, revelations, and Mexican national identity / Heather Levi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levi, Heather, 1962-
- Series:
- American encounters/global interactions.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- American encounters/global interactions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wrestling--Social aspects--Mexico.
- Wrestling.
- Mexico--Social life and customs.
- Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ethnography of Mexican professional wrestling by a female wrestler and scholar, showing how the sport is linked to national affirmations and counter-narratives.
- Contents:
- 1. Staging contradiction
- 2. Trade secrets and revelations
- 3. Of charros and jaguars : the moral and social cosmos of lucha libre
- 4. The wrestling mask
- 5. A struggle between two strong men?
- 6. Mediating the mask : lucha libre and circulation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-258) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613065131
- 0-8223-9147-3
- 1-283-06513-4
- OCLC:
- 308677468
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