Experiments in Pro Wrestling: Toward a Performative and Sensuous Sport Ethnography

Laurence de Garis ^[1]
1. [1] University of Connecticut
  
  University of Connecticut
  
  Town of Mansfield, Estados Unidos
Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 16, Nº. 1, 1999, págs. 65-74
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- This paper examines epistemological and ontological issues in ethnographic research and texts. Based on my experiences as a subject in an ethnographic study of pro wrestling, I present an ethnography of the ethnographer. In this paper, I discuss problems arising from a hierarchy of understanding that privileges the ethnographer, the primacy of visualism, and a desire to penetrate and uncover hidden truths. I propose that a performative approach to ethnography recognizes the agency of the ethnographic object and opens access to other sensorial phenomena.