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Wrestlers, fans and power dynamics at live events
Lund University.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8955-7184
2019 (English)In: Convergent Wrestling: Participatory Culture, Transmedia Storytelling, and Intertextuality in the Squared Circle / [ed] CarrieLynn D. Reinhard & Christopher J. Olson, London: Routledge, 2019, p. 15-30Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Within the world of professional wrestling, the blurred boundaries of the live event and physical nature of the sport intersect with the dramatized storytelling of this entertainment experience. As such, this chapter considers how audiences and fans interact with professional performers to co-produce the cultural practices of professional wrestling. The author uses ethnographic research at live professional wrestling events in Sweden to explore how different types of cultural practices enforce and legitimate each other, shaping the affective structure of sports entertainment. The chapter examines how the intersections within sports entertainment highlight the particularities of power made visible through the collective practices of wrestlers and audience members. In the process, this analysis contrasts with Henry Jenkins’ arguments regarding power in a participatory culture, in which media producers retain power over and through the affective economies of convergence culture.

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London: Routledge, 2019. p. 15-30
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The Cultural Politics of Media and Popular Culture
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professional wrestling, popular culture, live events
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Media and Communication Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-65874DOI: 10.4324/9781351233989OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-65874DiVA, id: diva2:1950982
Available from: 2025-04-09 Created: 2025-04-09 Last updated: 2025-04-09Bibliographically approved

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