Body drop : notes on fandom and pain in professional wrestling / Brian Oliu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oliu, Brian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wrestling--Social aspects--United States.

Wrestling.

Wrestling--United States.

Wrestlers--United States.

Wrestlers.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908606-2-0

979-88-908606-3-7

1-4696-6341-4

1-4696-6343-0

OCLC:

1268361237