title: The World of Lucha Libre: Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity
author:  Heather Levi 
description: In this investigation of <i>lucha libre</i> wrestling, Levi's immersion in the Mexican professional wrestling world and her training as a <i>luchadora</i> (female wrestler) give her an insider's perspective well-placed to analyze the rich symbolic vocabulary the sport has conferred on political and cultural life. The author, an anthropologist, delves into the significance of masks, theatrics and familial training, capably recreating the action in the ring to demonstrate how <i>tcnicos</i> (technical wrestlers), <i>rudos</i> (rule-breakers), referees and spectators interact to create the spectacle. Levi examines how <i>luchadoras</i> and <i>exoticos</i> (feminine male wrestlers) support and subvert Mexican gender roles, why masked <i>luchadores</i> moonlight as political activists and how <i>lucha libre</i> has recently re-emerged as pop culture kitsch on this side of the border in the movie <i>Nacho Libre</i> and the Cartoon Network's <i>Mucha Lucha</i>. While the book is too academic to be an entertaining piece of reportage, it is a good primer. Its sophisticated analysis links <i>lucha libre</i> with Mexican political theater in which the heroes and villains work for the same team, masks alternately hide and reveal the truth, and the outcomes are determined before the matches even begin. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  CONTENTS
  Dedication
  ABOUT THE STORY
  Copyright
  AUTHOR’S NOTE
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapter 14
  Chapter 15
  Chapter 16
  Chapter 17
  Chapter 18
  Chapter 19
  Chapter 20
  Chapter 21
  Chapter 22
  Chapter 23
  Chapter 24
  
  Chapter 25
  Chapter 26
  Afterword
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