Reception and Fan Studies

This collection of studies considers the reception, audience, and fans of professional wrestling.

Final Publications

Works-in-Process

• The Fourth Wall and Professional Wrestling by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard (Dominican University)
• The Co-Construction of Kayfabe by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard (Dominican University)

Published Elsewhere

• Tyler Brunette & Birney Young. (2019). “Working stiff(s): a theory of live audience labor disputes.” Critical Studies in Media Communication, DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2019.1582790
• Chad Dell. (2006). The Revenge of Hatpin Mary: Women, Professional Wrestling and Fan Culture in the 1950s. Peter Lang Publishers.
• Sharon Mazer. (1998). Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle.  University Press of Mississippi.
• Marion Wrenn. (2007). “Managing Doubt: Professional Wrestling Jargon and the Making of ‘Smart Fans.'” In Practicing Culture: Taking Culture Seriously. Eds. Craig Calhoun and Richard Sennett. Routledge.