Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Entertain Me: The History of Commodified Racism and the Exploitation of African Americans in Professional Wrestling

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Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Crozier, Jason Michael, Thesis advisor (ths): Sheinin, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Hatton, Charles N, Degree committee member (dgc): Wright, Robert, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The scope of my scholarship has undergone a primarily interdisciplinary approach with an emphasis on historiographic scholarship and method, with the support of communication and sociological theory to underpin my core arguments in each chapter. I use the theories of Third Space, commodified racism, and common sense racism in combination to provide an in-depth analysis of prior… more
Full Text: ENTERTAIN ME: THE HISTORY OF COMMODIFIED RACISM AND THE EXPLOITATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the …