Abstract
"Professional" wrestling has experienced a recent surge in its popularity, both among the lower working class and among the upper middle class. Examining the World Wrestling Federation's televised event, ''Unforgiven-- In Your House," this inquiry finds that ideological issues of mythical framing, patriarchal power structures, group construction of identity, and stereotyping of bureaucracy/white-collar working groups are found within this artifact. Of particular note is the modern reversal of previous research findings that argue that wrestling identity is constructed on the individual level and the ideology enshrined in wrestling is that of an opposition to dominant ideologies. Both of these claims found to have changed in the modem instantiation of wrestling.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
35
Issue
2
First Page
187
Last Page
205
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Stroud, Scott R.
(2003)
"The Ideology of the Body-Slam: A Critical Examination of Professional Wrestling,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 35:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol35/iss2/3
Copyright
©2003 Iowa Communication Association
