Breaking kayfabe: ‘The history of a history’ of world wrestling entertainment

Management and Organizational History

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-250

  McQuarrie, Fiona A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Historical methodology; Organizational history; Professional wrestling

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849125700     PISSN: 17449359     EISSN: 17449367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744935906066371     Document Type: Article

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