"The spectacle of excess": The emergence of modern professional wrestling in the United States and Australia

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-137

  Rickard, John ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0033237548     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1999.3301_129.x     Document Type: Article

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