Professional wrestling’s “attitude” adjustment : WWF programming, realism, and the representation of race during the neoliberal nineties

The WWE, formerly known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), has a long history of showcasing harmful stereotypes via hyperracialized characters. Many academics have observed these characters and the overarching types to which they can be assigned as being indicative of the respective sociohisto...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Piper, Timothy John
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2014
Subjects:
WWE
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26532