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Professional Wrestling

Editor’s introduction: professional wrestling and authenticity

Thomas Alcotta Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK;b Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tom Phillipsa Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK;b Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1-6 | Published online: 22 Jan 2024

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