The world is watching: An analysis of the professional wrestling fandom in Bangladesh
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Social Science in Anthropology, 2022.
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10361-178052023-01-25T21:01:45Z The world is watching: An analysis of the professional wrestling fandom in Bangladesh Arsal, Alhan Sabur, Dr. Seuty Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Brac University Professional Wrestling Smarks Marks Cultural Capital Convergence Culture Kayfabe Class Bourdieu Henry Jenkins Wrestling--Psychological aspects. This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Social Science in Anthropology, 2022. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-39). This thesis explored the professional wrestling fandom in Bangladesh to locate class divisions within the fandom that give birth to different subsets of fans known as smarks and marks. These fans and their experiences are shaped by their class and cultural capital, and they view wrestling in fundamentally different ways. Furthermore, in the current mediascape, characterized by convergence culture, the Bangladeshi middle-class fans gain access to wrestling fan spaces online, as well as access to specific wrestling discourses which further shapes how they engage with the wrestling industry. While access to these spaces has caused even greater fan divisions based on class, it has also allowed middle-class fans to become co-producers of official wrestling texts through constant engagement, negotiations, rejections, and alterations of official texts. Alhan Arsal BSS in Anthropology 2023-01-25T15:22:54Z 2023-01-25T15:22:54Z 2022 2022-05 Thesis ID: 17317001 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/17805 en Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 39 Pages application/pdf Brac University |
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