Lourdes Grobet: Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican

Lourdes Grobet: Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling
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Sexo y violencia--now available again in paperback! 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. Viva la Lucha Libre! Now in its second printing.
Country USA
Brand Brand: D.A.P./Trilce
Manufacturer D.A.P./Trilce
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781933045054
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Lourdes Grobet: Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling