Young girls, adolescents, single wage-earners, housewives, and grandmothers of all classes, races, and ethnic background would commandeer the television, or even attend the matches ringside to watch well-developed men in swim trunks wrestle each other. They also formed fan clubs and published newsletters. Dell (communications, Monmouth U., New Jersey) uses the phenomenon to contribute to the scholarship challenging the convention that the 1950s era was a sea of tranquil gender roles and family dynamics. Annotation 2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
