{"id":1082,"date":"2020-06-04T20:06:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T19:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=1082"},"modified":"2020-09-23T12:22:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T11:22:34","slug":"page-breaks-is-wrestling-art-with-dr-lisa-jones-st-andrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2020\/06\/04\/page-breaks-is-wrestling-art-with-dr-lisa-jones-st-andrews\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Breaks: Is Wrestling Art? With Dr Lisa Jones (St Andrews)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 11 June, <a href=\"https:\/\/risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk\/portal\/en\/persons\/lisa-ann-jones(5eb2f431-9f2d-4117-8468-747234050897)\/researchoutput.html\">Dr Lisa Jones (St Andrews)<\/a> will be joining us to talk about the aesthetics of pro wrestling. How should we think about the narratives of\u00a0 pro wrestling? How important are considerations of justice? And mostly: is wrestling art?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/06\/jon-moxley-022820-allelitewrestling-ftr_vp7ecoiehhy312g6ea6srcnu4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1095\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/06\/jon-moxley-022820-allelitewrestling-ftr_vp7ecoiehhy312g6ea6srcnu4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/06\/jon-moxley-022820-allelitewrestling-ftr_vp7ecoiehhy312g6ea6srcnu4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/06\/jon-moxley-022820-allelitewrestling-ftr_vp7ecoiehhy312g6ea6srcnu4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/06\/jon-moxley-022820-allelitewrestling-ftr_vp7ecoiehhy312g6ea6srcnu4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/06\/jon-moxley-022820-allelitewrestling-ftr_vp7ecoiehhy312g6ea6srcnu4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2020\/06\/jon-moxley-022820-allelitewrestling-ftr_vp7ecoiehhy312g6ea6srcnu4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 23px\">Time and Place:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">1 pm, Thu 11 June 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Zoom: <a href=\"https:\/\/bham-ac-uk.zoom.us\/j\/93822246754?pwd=RUZjRnFWWE1hRWxsWDlvazBZd2RJUT09\">link<\/a> (Password: pagebreaks)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Texts:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/page-breaks-texts\/\">&#8216;Is Everything Wrestling?&#8217; <\/a>(NYT Magazine &#8211; article)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/page-breaks-texts\/\">&#8216;Skip Opera. Go See Some Pro Wrestling&#8217;<\/a> (NYT )<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;The Aria of Babyface Cauliflower Brown (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ULhejU7K7DQ\">NYT video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Bonus: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mCqoVN5d1V4\">&#8216;Southwestern Territory&#8217;<\/a>, by The Mountain Goats, <em>Beat the Champ <\/em>(2015) (Thanks to Will for suggesting this!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:t.johnson@bham.ac.uk\">t.johnson@bham.ac.uk<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"mailto:d.butchard@bham.ac.uk\">d.butchard@bham.ac.uk<\/a> for details, or to let us know if you have any difficulty accessing the readings.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About the Postgraduate Seminar:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This is an informal weekly reading group within the Department of English Literature. Everyone very welcome!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nLVWBPH2hB\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/page-breaks\/\">Page Breaks: Postgraduate Seminar in English Literature<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Page Breaks: Postgraduate Seminar in English Literature&#8221; &#8212; Postgraduate Research in English Literature \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/page-breaks\/embed\/#?secret=nLVWBPH2hB\" data-secret=\"nLVWBPH2hB\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 11 June, Dr Lisa Jones (St Andrews) will be joining us to talk about the aesthetics of pro wrestling. 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