My Father the Wrestler as a Socio-cultural Icon or Papa, the Big Frenchman
It is only in retrospect that I have begun to think of my father, Adrien Baillargeon as a superhero and a socio-cultural icon. In his time, the words had not yet come of age. Nevertheless, the words superhero and socio-cultural icon fit him to a tee long before he became a professional wrestler. At...
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| Médium: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jazyk: | eng |
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Revue de recherche en civilisation américaine
2013
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | It is only in retrospect that I have begun to think of my father, Adrien Baillargeon as a superhero and a socio-cultural icon. In his time, the words had not yet come of age. Nevertheless, the words superhero and socio-cultural icon fit him to a tee long before he became a professional wrestler. At first, the image of a superhero was more in the French Canadian tradition of the legendary Paul Bunyan (Stevens 2001). At 6’5” and a muscular 230 lbs, my father was a giant. As a youth, like Paul ... |
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