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Author : Lourdes Grobet
Publisher : UNAM
ISBN 13 : 9789703237340
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Espectacular de lucha libre written by Lourdes Grobet and published by UNAM. This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lourdes Grobet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789686842487
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (424 download)
Download or read book Espectacular de lucha libre written by Lourdes Grobet and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take one part Mexi-Monster cinema, one part Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, throw in a little Zoro, the WWF and the knit-costume-wearing performance art collective Forcefield, and you come up with the raw, vivid, and psychologically unhinged world of "Lucha Libre" the sports-entertainment phenomenon that first swept Mexico and now the world. Photographer Lourdes Grobet's penentrating study of Mexican professional wrestling culture features more than 500 photographs of "luchadores" like Blue Demon, Santo, The Witch, Adorable Rub', El Solitario and Hurricane Ramirez, as well as pictures of their families, friends and fans--onstage, backstage and even at home. "Lucha Libre" also includes photographs of stickers, flyers, postcards, stills from "Mexi-lucha-cinema," interviews with the wrestlers, essays and much, much more! In this comprehensive 20-year study, Grobet has put together "the" definitive look at Mexico's masked superstars.
Author : Heather Levi
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822391473
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book The World of Lucha Libre written by Heather Levi and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World of Lucha Libre is an insider’s account of lucha libre, the popular Mexican form of professional wrestling. Heather Levi spent more than a year immersed in the world of wrestling in Mexico City. Not only did she observe live events and interview wrestlers, referees, officials, promoters, and reporters; she also apprenticed with a retired luchador (wrestler). Drawing on her insider’s perspective, she explores lucha libre as a cultural performance, an occupational subculture, and a set of symbols that circulate through Mexican culture and politics. Levi argues that the broad appeal of lucha libre lies in its capacity to stage contradictions at the heart of Mexican national identity: between the rural and the urban, tradition and modernity, ritual and parody, machismo and feminism, politics and spectacle. Levi considers lucha libre in light of scholarship about sport, modernization, and the formation of the Mexican nation-state, and in connection to professional wrestling in the United States. She examines the role of secrecy in wrestling, the relationship between wrestlers and the characters they embody, and the meanings of the masks worn by luchadors. She discusses male wrestlers who perform masculine roles, those who cross-dress and perform feminine roles, and female wrestlers who wrestle each other. Investigating the relationship between lucha libre and the mass media, she highlights the history of the sport’s engagement with television: it was televised briefly in the early 1950s, but not again until 1991. Finally, Levi traces the circulation of lucha libre symbols in avant-garde artistic movements and its appropriation in left-wing political discourse. The World of Lucha Libre shows how a sport imported from the United States in the 1930s came to be an iconic symbol of Mexican cultural authenticity.
Author : Rafael Tonatiuh
Publisher : Rm
ISBN 13 : 9788492480425
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Lucha Libre (Lucha Libre, Spanish Edition) written by Rafael Tonatiuh and published by Rm. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desde muy pequeña, Lourdes Grobet se interesó por el espectáculo de la lucha libre mexicana. Es la única mujer que ha trabajado sobre el tema - durante más de 25 años - y con sus lentes ha ido captando la magia de este apasionado deporte, del que se habla mucho y poco se conoce, pues se trata de un mundo aparte, especial, admirado pero incomprendido. Estos guerreros necesitan su disfraz, pues su aspecto no solo es un bello adorno característico del contexto propio de lucha libre, sino también un arma para desconcertar, deslumbrar, asustar y güamearse al contrincante. Guerreros alterados por el sublime placer de asumirse, estoicamente, anónimos, cuya vida pública podrá ser una leyenda conocida, pero cuya vida privada debe ser un secreto, pues su epopéyica fantasía se confronta al diseño ambiental normal cotidiano con su particular misterio. En este fascinante libro, la asidua de las arenas se adentra en la vida privada de esos ídolos, en sus hogares, en sus sitios de reunión y en los festejos de los históricos gladiadores del ring. Rafael Tonatiuh aporta su especial visión de este fenómeno social único en el mundo. Cada luchado rnos lleva al borde de su personal misterio. From a very young age, Lourdes Grobet was interested in the Mexican wrestling show. She is the only woman who has worked on the subject - for more than 25 years - and with her lenses she has been capturing the magic of this passionate sport, which is talked about a lot and little is known, since it is a world apart, specially admired but misunderstood. These warriors need their costume, because their appearance is not only a beautiful adornment characteristic of the wrestling context itself, but also a weapon to confuse, dazzle, scare and fool the opponent. Warriors altered by the sublime pleasure of assuming, anonymity in a stoic way. Their public life may be legendary, but their private life must be a secret, since their epic fantasy confronts the normal everyday environmental design with its particular mystery. In this fascinating book, the assiduous of the arenas delves into the private lives of these idols, in their homes, in their meeting places and in the celebrations of the historic gladiators of the ring. Rafael Tonatiuh brings his special vision of this unique social phenomenon in the world. Each fought takes us to the edge of its personal mystery.
Author : Xavier Garza
Publisher : Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN 13 : 193369310X
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (336 download)
Download or read book Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask written by Xavier Garza and published by Cinco Puntos Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Carlitos attends a wrestling match in Mexico City with his father, his favorite masked-wrestler has eyes that are strangely familiar.
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Publisher : Distributed Art Publishers (DAP)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Lucha libre written by and published by Distributed Art Publishers (DAP). This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take one part Mexi-Monster cinema, one part Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, throw in a little Zoro, the WWF and the knit-costume-wearing performance art collective Forcefield, and you come up with the raw, vivid, and psychologically unhinged world of "Lucha Libre" the sports-entertainment phenomenon that first swept Mexico and now the world. Photographer Lourdes Grobet's penentrating study of Mexican professional wrestling culture features more than 500 photographs of "luchadores" like Blue Demon, Santo, The Witch, Adorable Rub', El Solitario and Hurricane Ramirez, as well as pictures of their families, friends and fans--onstage, backstage and even at home. "Lucha Libre" also includes photographs of stickers, flyers, postcards, stills from "Mexi-lucha-cinema," interviews with the wrestlers, essays and much, much more! In this comprehensive 20-year study, Grobet has put together "the" definitive look at Mexico's masked superstars.
Author : Judah Lyons
Publisher : Sports Shorts
ISBN 13 : 9781091840430
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Luchadores: A History of Lucha Libre written by Judah Lyons and published by Sports Shorts. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the quickest, most exciting and popular forms of professional wrestling is lucha libre from Mexico. For close to a century, crowds have been entertained and inspired by the wrestling bouts of legends like Mil Mascaras, Rey Mysterio, Santo, La Parka, Blue Demon, Mistico and many more.What started in small venues around Mexico in the 1930s has become an industry that is now known all around the world. Millions of fans attend live events and watch the television shows of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion and the many independent wrestling companies of Mexico.Find out the history of the sport, what's in store for the future, what the rules of the game are, and more in this book.
Author : Dan Madigan
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060855835
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Mondo Lucha A Go-Go written by Dan Madigan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucha Libre wrestling is nothing short of a phenomenon. Its inescapable visuals have completely permeated the mainstream, and its popularity grows exponentially every year, expanding out from Latin America to hold the entire world in its vise–grip. Dan Madigan will provide the ultimate guide for Lucha fans, in an awesome four–color book that will be undoubtedly informative and incredibly entertaining. Posters, photos, wrestling cards, handbills, mementos will be featured throughout the book. Personal recollections, quotes, stories and memories of Luchador's lives and experiences will provide the backdrop for a completely unique experience in sports.
Author : Lourdes Grobet
Publisher : Editorial Rm
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Lucha Libre, the Family Portraits written by Lourdes Grobet and published by Editorial Rm. This book was released on 2009 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lourdes Grobet has documented the spectacle of Mexican professional wrestling, known as lucha libre (free fighting), for more than 25 years. The only woman to have worked in such proximity to the sport, Grobet has photographed the masked luchadores in many contexts--and always in their signature disguises, which practitioners have worn since 1942, when a wrestler named El Santo stepped into a Mexico City ring wearing a silver mask, literally changing the face of the game forever. The mask, always a symbolically rich object in Mexican culture, serves both as a retreat (into anonymity) and as an attack, as a weapon with which to disconcert and terrorize the opponent. Its visual appeal, especially when set in scenarios outside the ring, was quickly apparent to Grobet, who describes El Santo as "one of the teachers that most influenced me early on." In Lucha Libre: The Family Portraits, Grobet shows the wrestlers with their mothers, wives and girlfriends, sitting for what would almost be a generic family portrait, but for the fantastic costumes of the luchadores themselves. By this simple recontextualizing gesture, we are brought to the threshold of their identities--and held there. The ungainly, monstrous and splendidly defiant stance they convey with this final preservation of anonymity is of course what gives Grobet's pictures their edge. One of Mexico's leading contemporary photographers, Lourdes Grobet was a student of artists Mathias Goeritz, Gilberto Aceves Navarro and Katy Horna, among others. For the past 20 years, she has surveyed Mexican popular culture, from female wrestling, northern emigration and neo-Mayan architecture to Cuban immigration. Her influence on younger generations of Mexican artists, including Gabriel Orozco and Rubén Ortiz Torres, has been considerable.
Author : Minute Help Guides
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781477535530
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (355 download)
Download or read book Lucha Libre written by Minute Help Guides and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the quickest, most exciting and popular forms of professional wrestling is lucha libre from Mexico. For close to a century, crowds have been entertained and inspired by the wrestling bouts of legends like Mil Mascaras, Rey Mysterio, Santo, La Parka, Blue Demon, Mistico and many more. What started in small venues around Mexico in the 1930s has become an industry that is now known all around the world. Millions of fans attend live events and watch the television shows of Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion and the many independent wrestling companies of Mexico. Find out the history of the sport, what's in store for the future, what the rules of the game are, and more in this book.
Author : Feisal Siddiqi
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Lucha Libre Mexico written by Feisal Siddiqi and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every die hard Lucha Libre fan must own this book. If you are curious about Mexican free style wrestling then pick up this book. Through my photographs, take a front row seat and enjoy the uniquely Mexican phenomenon that is Lucha Libre. While traveling in Mexico, I had a chance encounter with Lucha Libre and I was hooked. Over the course of last two years, I have traveled to Mexico several times to photograph and document this cultural phenomenon. The book is a collection of over fifty thoughtfully curated photographs and promises to take the viewer right into the middle of the action. No ring side seats required.
Author : Artes de México
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Lucha Libre written by Artes de México and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2025-03-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated historic and cultural dive into the world of Mexico’s most beloved sport, sure to please fans In this handsome bilingual book, the best Mexican specialists analyze all facets of the lucha libre phenomenon: the history and roots of the sport, the most important luchadores, the way the world of Mexican wrestling is organized, the history and practice of female wrestling, the meaning of the masks and costumes, and lucha libre’s influence in worldwide pop culture. Over the decades, lucha libre has become a symbol of Mexico, transcending the nation’s borders. Halfway between sport and religion, this synthesis of Hispanic, Aztec, European, and American represents the quintessence of Mexican culture. The luchador is a living god, and products in his image are idolized like sacred relics. A symbol of urban working-class culture, the significance of lucha libre is massive. Artes de México is a magazine with 28 years of experience that promotes and disseminates the cultural diversity of Mexico in all its creative manifestations. Since its inception, it has been linked to the most important writers, researchers, and creators, and has been recognized with more than 150 national and international awards.
Author : Paul Barile
Publisher : Lexographic Press
ISBN 13 : 1734504226
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (345 download)
Download or read book The Legend of Aguila Azul written by Paul Barile and published by Lexographic Press. This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the magical, storied world of the Lucha Legends. Discover the sounds of matracas and cheering of the crowd, the smells of churros and sweat and all of the sensations of a night of lucha libre where dragonflies wrestle cats and the tecnicos do battle with the rudos. The Legend of Aguila Azul is the first in the classic Lucha Legends series. Ideal for children of all ages and anyone who loves the long tradition and rich pageantry of Lucha Libre.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788483579374
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (793 download)
Download or read book Lucha libre 04 written by and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9789686842487
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (424 download)
Download or read book Lucha libre written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take one part Mexi-Monster cinema, one part Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, throw in a little Zoro, the WWF and the knit-costume-wearing performance art collective Forcefield, and you come up with the raw, vivid, and psychologically unhinged world of "Lucha Libre" the sports-entertainment phenomenon that first swept Mexico and now the world. Photographer Lourdes Grobet's penentrating study of Mexican professional wrestling culture features more than 500 photographs of "luchadores" like Blue Demon, Santo, The Witch, Adorable Rub', El Solitario and Hurricane Ramirez, as well as pictures of their families, friends and fans--onstage, backstage and even at home. "Lucha Libre" also includes photographs of stickers, flyers, postcards, stills from "Mexi-lucha-cinema," interviews with the wrestlers, essays and much, much more! In this comprehensive 20-year study, Grobet has put together "the" definitive look at Mexico's masked superstars.
Author : Lourdes Grobet
Publisher : Trilce Ediciones
ISBN 13 : 9789689044161
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (441 download)
Download or read book Espectacular de Lucha Libre/ Wrestling Spectacular written by Lourdes Grobet and published by Trilce Ediciones. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 20 years, photographer Lourdes Grobet has been part of one of the most popular sports in Mexico: wrestling. This photographic project compiles more than 500 images to reveal the fundamental elements of wrestling, highlighting its theatrics and providing a glimpse of this wildly popular ritual by letting the photographs tell the story. A lo largo de 20 años, la fotógrafa Lourdes Grobet se ha adentrado en el mundo de uno de los deportes más populares de México: la lucha libre. Este proyecto fotográfico y documental recopila más de 500 imágenes y transmite los elementos fundamentales de la lucha libre: una manifestación de la cultura popular mexicana originada en la antigüedad, asociada a lo ritual, ligada a lo teatral y profundamente identificada con los fenómenos sociales de la actualidad.
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ISBN 13 : 9789689044161
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (441 download)
Download or read book Lucha libre written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
