Pro Wrestling Is...

Low Culture?

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:30:00 -0000

In this first episode we define culture, explore the different types of culture according to cultural theorists, get into it with Marxism and discuss why Stone Cold Steve Austin represented the proletariat.

Thank you for exploring this episode. If you have any thoughts, feelings, corrections, observations, suggestions or recommendations, please get in touch at wrestlingismedia@gmail.com or follow me on Twitter @MattWWriter and reach out there.

Sources -

Gans, H (1999). Popular Culture and High Culture. 2nd ed. New York City: Basic Books. 115.

M, Horkeimer. T, Adorno (1974). Dialectic of Enlightenment. 2nd ed. New York City: Herder and Herder. 129.

Sounds -

Main Theme Gentle Breeze by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

Additional music by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au

All sounds from WWE programming are remixed and edited for the purposes of education and review. This podcast is not monetized.

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a Hidden Code?

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:45:00 -0000

Lets explore signs, signifiers and hidden cultural myths. Why is wrestling the perfect example of this code? Who was Roland Barthes? And why was he the first smark?

Sources -

Barthes, R (1957). Mythologies. France: Les Lettres Novelles. 10-24 - http://web.mit.edu/21l.432/www/readings/Barthes_WorldOfWrestling.pdf

AEW Dynamite (11/8/20) - Jon Moxley promo before contract signing with Kenny Omega

Sounds -

Additional music by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au

All sounds from WWE programming are remixed and edited for the purposes of education and review. This podcast is not monetized.

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The World of Wrestling - Roland Barthes

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 03:00:00 -0000

A full reading of Roland Barthes' essay 'The World of Wrestling' from his 1957 book, Mythologies. In it, he performs a semiotic analysis of the performance of all-in wrestling in France in the 1950s.

This podcast is NOT monetized, and the essay is read verbatim for the purpose of public discourse. Wrestling is for the people, therefore this essay is for the people - Roland Barthes would oblige.

Thank you for exploring this episode. If you have any thoughts, feelings, corrections, observations, suggestions or recommendations for future episodes, please get in touch at wrestlingismedia@gmail.com or follow me on Twitter @MattWWriter and reach out there.

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Metamodern?

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:23:00 -0000

How becoming Freshly Squeezed can fix the stagnation in wrestling, society and culture. Mapping cultural eras and modes of thinking onto the timeline of wrestling history, before revealing the new, emerging culture of our times.

Sounds -

Additional music by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au

All sounds from WWE programming are remixed and edited for the purposes of education and review. This podcast is not monetized.

onsuo 2021

Find out more at https://pro-wrestling-is.pinecast.co