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Professional Wrestling As Ritual Drama in American Popular Culture

Medical Entomology and ZoologyPublished 1 September 1990
Michael Ball
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Abstract

This text analyzes the phenomenon of American professional wrestling in light of the critical dramaturgy of Erving Goffman, Victor Turner and Mary Jo Deegan. It seeks to offer a scholarly explanation and sociological insight into professional wrestling in America.

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