Professional Wrestling and Contemporary Photography: The Case of Dulce Pinzón’s The Real Story of the Superheroes
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23 décembre 2014
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Heather Jane Bayly, « Professional Wrestling and Contemporary Photography: The Case of Dulce Pinzón’s The Real Story of the Superheroes », Revue de recherche en civilisation américaine, ID : 10670/1.kiko8n
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In response to popular attention drawn to September 11, 2001 heroes, Mexican photographer Dulce Pinzón created the photographic series “The Real Story of the Superheroes” to draw attention to what she considered heroic exploits performed by Mexican immigrants on a daily basis in New York City. Her images draw heavily upon superhero/pro-wrestling codes to impart meaning. Through analysis of the photographer’s objective and photographs, this paper demonstrates that the correlation between the two cultural forms convolutes understanding and re-emphasizes the polysemy of photography and the difficulty (despite clear anchorage) to impose a specific understanding – that of Mexican immigrants as heroes.