dc.contributor.advisor | Sabur, Dr. Seuty | |
dc.contributor.author | Arsal, Alhan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-25T15:22:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-25T15:22:54Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2022 | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-05 | |
dc.identifier.other | ID: 17317001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10361/17805 | |
dc.description | This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Social Science in Anthropology, 2022. | en_US |
dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-39). | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Alhan Arsal | |
dc.format.extent | 39 Pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Brac University | en_US |
dc.rights | 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. | |
dc.subject | Professional Wrestling | en_US |
dc.subject | Smarks | en_US |
dc.subject | Marks | en_US |
dc.subject | Cultural Capital | en_US |
dc.subject | Convergence Culture | en_US |
dc.subject | Kayfabe | en_US |
dc.subject | Class | en_US |
dc.subject | Bourdieu | en_US |
dc.subject | Henry Jenkins | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Wrestling--Psychological aspects. | |
dc.title | The world is watching: An analysis of the professional wrestling fandom in Bangladesh | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Brac University | |
dc.description.degree | BSS in Anthropology | |