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The World of Lucha Libre: Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity
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Duke University Press
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0822342324
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9780822342328
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World of Lucha Libre : Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity
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288 Pages
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English
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2008
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Latin America / Mexico, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions, Wrestling
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Sports & Recreation, Social Science, History
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American Encounters/Global Interactions Ser.
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" The World of Lucha Libre describes a strange and fascinating place in which masked men and women possessing incredible strength and agility punch, kick, and pummel one another into submission. For those reasons alone the book is worth reading, but, as Levi demonstrates, it's the layers of meaning encoded in all that strange violence that make the struggle interesting." - Jeremy Estes, PopMatters, "Levi's entertaining The World of Lucha Libre assumes the role of engaged anthropologist. Levi takes the novice into the world of lucha libre, veering between explaining the basics (moves, traditions, the difference between rudos and técnicos --bad and good guys, respectively) and recounting a thorough history of the sport, touching on major fighters, developments and its frequent intersections with Mexican politics and identity. The author knows her lucha libre. . . . This book entertains, informs and breezes by. . . ." - Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, " The World of Lucha Libre will doubtless become the reference in English for a cultural phenomenon with a mass following in Mexico and the United States. Heather Levi provides an insider's knowledge of the popular practice of luche libre . For those who know wrestling in passing, The World of Lucha Libre will be revelatory. For those specialists in the multiple fields it engages, the book is welcome indeed."-- Randy Martin , author of Critical Moves: Dance Studies in Theory and Politics, “ The World of Lucha Libre will doubtless become the reference in English for a cultural phenomenon with a mass following in Mexico and the United States. Heather Levi provides an insider’s knowledge of the popular practice of luche libre . For those who know wrestling in passing, The World of Lucha Libre will be revelatory. For those specialists in the multiple fields it engages, the book is welcome indeed.â€�- Randy Martin , author of Critical Moves: Dance Studies in Theory and Politics, "Levi's entertaining The World of Lucha Libre assumes the role of engaged anthropologist. Levi takes the novice into the world of lucha libre, veering between explaining the basics (moves, traditions, the difference between rudos and t cnicos -bad and good guys, respectively) and recounting a thorough history of the sport, touching on major fighters, developments and its frequent intersections with Mexican politics and identity. The author knows her lucha libre. . . . This book entertains, informs and breezes by. . . ." - Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, "Heather Levi's book reveals her deep understanding of the many ways that Mexicans enact their identities as women and men, as cosmopolitan consumers, and as citizens. Beautifully written and well-grounded in history, The World of Lucha Libre will matter to anyone who cares about Mexico, spectator sports, or performance in Latin America."-- Anne Rubenstein , author of Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico, “Heather Levi’s book reveals her deep understanding of the many ways that Mexicans enact their identities as women and men, as cosmopolitan consumers, and as citizens. Beautifully written and well-grounded in history, The World of Lucha Libre will matter to anyone who cares about Mexico, spectator sports, or performance in Latin America.â€�- Anne Rubenstein , author of Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico, "Heather Levi's book reveals her deep understanding of the many ways that Mexicans enact their identities as women and men, as cosmopolitan consumers, and as citizens. Beautifully written and well grounded in history, The World of Lucha Libre will matter to anyone who cares about Mexico, spectator sports, or performance in Latin America."--Anne Rubenstein, author of Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico "The World of Lucha Libre will doubtless become the reference in English for a cultural phenomenon with a mass following in Mexico and the United States. Heather Levi provides an insider's knowledge of the popular practice of lucha libre. For those who know wrestling in passing, The World of Lucha Libre will be revelatory. For those specialists in the multiple fields it engages, the book is welcome indeed."--Randy Martin, author of Critical Moves: Dance Studies in Theory and Politics "In The World of Lucha Libre, Heather Levi offers up a backstage pass to the scene of muscles, sweat, passion, and politics that is lucha libre. It's a world in which performing a public secret reveals that what is deadly serious is also a sham and that what is frivolous speaks of the grit and business of living. Levi illuminates lucha libre's fractal relationship to Mexican politics and its playful and serious regulation of gender and mestizaje as a dramatic staging of embodied contradiction that brings the messy world of lived experience into brute contact with its cultural ideals. The World of Lucha Libre is important not just for wrestling fans but for any student of popular performance and social practice."--Nicholas Sammond, editor of Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling "[A] groundbreaking study of lucha libre in Mexico which carries to new heights an anthropologist's commitment to understanding her subject...The World of Lucha Libre is one of the most interesting cultural studies of a key pastime in Mexico for many years, bringing together semiotics and social anthropology in an original and highly accessible mix that engages the interested outsider as much as the dedicated student. And when it comes to dedication, Levi can teach her peers a thing or two: the author not only immersed herself as a social scientist in the world of professional wrestling in Mexico City, but even trained as a luchadora - a female wrestler - in order to understand the deeper social meanings of the grips, holds and throws favoured by the fighters...She has provided a valuable ethnographic study and work of reference but also an important summary of the rise and fall of professional wrestling in Mexico...Levi provides a valuable survey of theoretical approaches to professional wrestling that draws upon a surprisingly rich bibliography, from classic works such as Roland Barthes' Mythologies (1972) to more recent studies such as that of Sharon Mazer (1998)."- Georgina Jimnez, The Latin American Review of Books , March 09, "Heather Levi's book reveals her deep understanding of the many ways that Mexicans enact their identities as women and men, as cosmopolitan consumers, and as citizens. Beautifully written and well grounded in history, The World of Lucha Libre will matter to anyone who cares about Mexico, spectator sports, or performance in Latin America."-Anne Rubenstein, author of Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico "The World of Lucha Libre will doubtless become the reference in English for a cultural phenomenon with a mass following in Mexico and the United States. Heather Levi provides an insider's knowledge of the popular practice of lucha libre. For those who know wrestling in passing, The World of Lucha Libre will be revelatory. For those specialists in the multiple fields it engages, the book is welcome indeed."-Randy Martin, author of Critical Moves: Dance Studies in Theory and Politics "In The World of Lucha Libre, Heather Levi offers up a backstage pass to the scene of muscles, sweat, passion, and politics that is lucha libre. It's a world in which performing a public secret reveals that what is deadly serious is also a sham and that what is frivolous speaks of the grit and business of living. Levi illuminates lucha libre's fractal relationship to Mexican politics and its playful and serious regulation of gender and mestizaje as a dramatic staging of embodied contradiction that brings the messy world of lived experience into brute contact with its cultural ideals. The World of Lucha Libre is important not just for wrestling fans but for any student of popular performance and social practice."-Nicholas Sammond, editor of Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling "[A] groundbreaking study of lucha libre in Mexico which carries to new heights an anthropologist's commitment to understanding her subject...The World of Lucha Libre is one of the most interesting cultural studies of a key pastime in Mexico for many years, bringing together semiotics and social anthropology in an original and highly accessible mix that engages the interested outsider as much as the dedicated student. And when it comes to dedication, Levi can teach her peers a thing or two: the author not only immersed herself as a social scientist in the world of professional wrestling in Mexico City, but even trained as a luchadora a female wrestler - in order to understand the deeper social meanings of the grips, holds and throws favoured by the fighters...She has provided a valuable ethnographic study and work of reference but also an important summary of the rise and fall of professional wrestling in Mexico...Levi provides a valuable survey of theoretical approaches to professional wrestling that draws upon a surprisingly rich bibliography, from classic works such as Roland Barthes' Mythologies (1972) to more recent studies such as that of Sharon Mazer (1998)."- Georgina JimÉnez,The Latin American Review of Books, March 09, “In The World of Lucha Libre , Heather Levi offers up a backstage pass to the scene of muscles, sweat, passion, and politics that is lucha libre . It’s a world in which performing a public secret reveals that what is deadly serious is also a sham and that what is frivolous speaks of the grit and business of living. Levi illuminates lucha libre’s fractal relationship to Mexican politics and its playful and serious regulation of gender and mestizaje as a dramatic staging of embodied contradiction that brings the messy world of lived experience into brute contact with its cultural ideals. The World of Lucha Libre is important not just for wrestling fans but for any student of popular performance and social practice.â€�- Nicholas Sammond , editor of Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling, "Besides having the coolest cover I've ever seen on an ethnography, the book is riveting - I never thought I would be so fascinated by wrestling and men in tights, but I guess that's the magic of a well done ethnography." - Mary Theberge, Picking Up Sticks blog, "Heather Levi's book reveals her deep understanding of the many ways that Mexicans enact their identities as women and men, as cosmopolitan consumers, and as citizens. Beautifully written and well-grounded in history, The World of Lucha Libre will matter to anyone who cares about Mexico, spectator sports, or performance in Latin America."- Anne Rubenstein , author of Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico, " The World of Lucha Libre will doubtless become the reference in English for a cultural phenomenon with a mass following in Mexico and the United States. Heather Levi provides an insider's knowledge of the popular practice of luche libre . For those who know wrestling in passing, The World of Lucha Libre will be revelatory. For those specialists in the multiple fields it engages, the book is welcome indeed."- Randy Martin , author of Critical Moves: Dance Studies in Theory and Politics, "Besides having the coolest cover I've ever seen on an ethnography, the book is riveting I never thought I would be so fascinated by wrestling and men in tights, but I guess that's the magic of a well done ethnography." - Mary Theberge, Picking Up Sticks blog, "In The World of Lucha Libre , Heather Levi offers up a backstage pass to the scene of muscles, sweat, passion, and politics that is lucha libre . It's a world in which performing a public secret reveals that what is deadly serious is also a sham and that what is frivolous speaks of the grit and business of living. Levi illuminates lucha libre's fractal relationship to Mexican politics and its playful and serious regulation of gender and mestizaje as a dramatic staging of embodied contradiction that brings the messy world of lived experience into brute contact with its cultural ideals. The World of Lucha Libre is important not just for wrestling fans but for any student of popular performance and social practice."- Nicholas Sammond , editor of Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling, "Heather Levi's book reveals her deep understanding of the many ways that Mexicans enact their identities as women and men, as cosmopolitan consumers, and as citizens. Beautifully written and well grounded in history, The World of Lucha Libre will matter to anyone who cares about Mexico, spectator sports, or performance in Latin America."-Anne Rubenstein, author of Bad Language, Naked Ladies, and Other Threats to the Nation: A Political History of Comic Books in Mexico"The World of Lucha Libre will doubtless become the reference in English for a cultural phenomenon with a mass following in Mexico and the United States. Heather Levi provides an insider's knowledge of the popular practice of lucha libre. For those who know wrestling in passing, The World of Lucha Libre will be revelatory. For those specialists in the multiple fields it engages, the book is welcome indeed."-Randy Martin, author of Critical Moves: Dance Studies in Theory and Politics"In The World of Lucha Libre, Heather Levi offers up a backstage pass to the scene of muscles, sweat, passion, and politics that is lucha libre. It's a world in which performing a public secret reveals that what is deadly serious is also a sham and that what is frivolous speaks of the grit and business of living. Levi illuminates lucha libre's fractal relationship to Mexican politics and its playful and serious regulation of gender and mestizaje as a dramatic staging of embodied contradiction that brings the messy world of lived experience into brute contact with its cultural ideals. The World of Lucha Libre is important not just for wrestling fans but for any student of popular performance and social practice."-Nicholas Sammond, editor of Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling, "Levi's entertaining The World of Lucha Libre assumes the role of engaged anthropologist. Levi takes the novice into the world of lucha libre, veering between explaining the basics (moves, traditions, the difference between rudos and tcnicos --bad and good guys, respectively) and recounting a thorough history of the sport, touching on major fighters, developments and its frequent intersections with Mexican politics and identity. The author knows her lucha libre. . . . This book entertains, informs and breezes by. . . ." - Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, "Levi's entertaining The World of Lucha Libre assumes the role of engaged anthropologist. Levi takes the novice into the world of lucha libre, veering between explaining the basics (moves, traditions, the difference between rudos and técnicos -bad and good guys, respectively) and recounting a thorough history of the sport, touching on major fighters, developments and its frequent intersections with Mexican politics and identity. The author knows her lucha libre. . . . This book entertains, informs and breezes by. . . ." - Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, "[ The World of Lucha Libre ] remains an excellent study of popular culture, politics, and identity in twentieth-century Mexico, one that will be of interest to scholars and perhaps even some lucha libre fans." - Ronda L. Brulotte, Journal of Anthropological Research, " The World of Lucha Libre is an informative and entertaining read based on thorough and definitely innovative research methodology that contributes substantively to our understanding of contemporary Mexican national identity. There is much that readers at all levels of familiarity with Mexico can take from this text and much that this text can contribute to discussions of cultural performance and national life beyond Mexico." - Julia Sloan, A Contracorriente, "In The World of Lucha Libre , Heather Levi offers up a backstage pass to the scene of muscles, sweat, passion, and politics that is lucha libre . It's a world in which performing a public secret reveals that what is deadly serious is also a sham and that what is frivolous speaks of the grit and business of living. Levi illuminates lucha libre's fractal relationship to Mexican politics and its playful and serious regulation of gender and mestizaje as a dramatic staging of embodied contradiction that brings the messy world of lived experience into brute contact with its cultural ideals. The World of Lucha Libre is important not just for wrestling fans but for any student of popular performance and social practice."-- Nicholas Sammond , editor of Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling
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796.812
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xxi Prologue 1 1. Staging Contradiction 5 2. Trade Secrets and Revelations 27 3. Of Charros and Jaguars: The Moral and Social Cosmos of Lucha Libre 49 4. The Wrestling Mask 103 5. A Struggle between Two Strong Men? 137 6. Mediating the Mask: Lucha Libre and Circulation 177 Conclusion 217 Notes 227 Bibliography 251 Index 259
Synopsis
Ethnography of Mexican professional wrestling by a female wrestler and scholar, showing how the sport is linked to national affirmations and counter-narratives., The World of Lucha Libre is an insider's account of lucha libre , the popular Mexican form of professional wrestling. Heather Levi spent more than a year immersed in the world of wrestling in Mexico City. Not only did she observe live events and interview wrestlers, referees, officials, promoters, and reporters; she also apprenticed with a retired luchador (wrestler). Drawing on her insider's perspective, she explores lucha libre as a cultural performance, an occupational subculture, and a set of symbols that circulate through Mexican culture and politics. Levi argues that the broad appeal of lucha libre lies in its capacity to stage contradictions at the heart of Mexican national identity: between the rural and the urban, tradition and modernity, ritual and parody, machismo and feminism, politics and spectacle. Levi considers lucha libre in light of scholarship about sport, modernization, and the formation of the Mexican nation-state, and in connection to professional wrestling in the United States. She examines the role of secrecy in wrestling, the relationship between wrestlers and the characters they embody, and the meanings of the masks worn by luchadors. She discusses male wrestlers who perform masculine roles, those who cross-dress and perform feminine roles, and female wrestlers who wrestle each other. Investigating the relationship between lucha libre and the mass media, she highlights the history of the sport's engagement with television: it was televised briefly in the early 1950s, but not again until 1991. Finally, Levi traces the circulation of lucha libre symbols in avant-garde artistic movements and its appropriation in left-wing political discourse. The World of Lucha Libre shows how a sport imported from the United States in the 1930s came to be an iconic symbol of Mexican cultural authenticity.
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