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The Squared Circle: Life, Death, And Professional Wrestling
Delivery time: 8-12 business days (International)
Grantland And Deadspin Correspondent Presents A Breakthrough Examination Of The Professional Wrestling, Its History, Its Fans, And Its Wider Cultural Impact That Does For The Sport What Chuck Klosterman Did For Heavy Metal.The Squared Circle Grows Out Of David Shoemakers Writing For Deadspin, Where He Started The Column Dead Wrestler Of The Week (Which Boasts Over 1 Million Page Views) A Feature On The Many Wrestling Superstars Who Died Too Young Because Of The Abuse They Subject Their Bodies To And His Writing For Grantland, Where He Covers The Pro Wrestling World, And Its Place In The Pop Culture Mainstream. Shoemakers Sportswriting Has Since Struck A Nerve With Generations Of Wrestling Fans Wholike Himgrew Up Worshipping A Sport Often Derided As Fake In The Wider Culture. To Them, These Professional Wrestling Superstars Are Not Just Heroes But An Emotional Outlet And The Lens Through Which They Learned To See The World.Starting In The Early 1900S And Exploring The Path Of Pro Wrestling In America Through The Present Day, The Squared Circle Is The First Book To Acknowledge Both The Sports Broader Significance And Wrestling Fans Keen Intellect And Sense Of Irony. Divided Into Eras, Each Section Offers A Snapshot Of The Wrestling World, Profiles Some Of The Periods Preeminent Wrestlers, And The Sports Influence On Our Broader Culture. Through The Brawling, Bombast, And Bloodletting, Shoemaker Argues That Pro Wrestling Can Teach Us About The Nature Of Performance, Audience, And, Yes, Art.Full Of Unknown History, Humor, And Selfdeprecating Reminiscencebut Also Offering A Compelling Look At The Sports Rightful Place In Pop Culturethe Squared Circle Is The Book That Legions Of Wrestling Fans Have Been Waiting For. In It, Shoemaker Teaches Us To Look Past The Spandex And Body Slams To See An Art Form That Can Explain The World.
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