RHETOR 103B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Roland Barthes, Bourgeoisie, Petite Bourgeoisie
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Virtue of wrestling is to be a spectacle of excess. Wrestler"s function not to win but to perform the gestures expected of him. Wrestler"s body is the first key to combat. Public receives great spectacle of suffering, of defeat, and of justice. Must understand also why he is suffering. Defeat is not a way out, but a duration. Wrestling supposed to imitate a purely moral concept of justice. Orgy of bad feelings is the indispensable condition of good wrestling - foul play is accepted. Wrestling represents a mythological combat between good and evil. Wrestling then enacts an idea intelligence of things, a euphoria of humanity. Wint is felt to be a possession by the french nation, as a totem drink. Wine supports a varied mythology which is not embarrassed by contradictions. Its plastic powers depend on the users of the myth - workers wine as qualifier, for the intellectuals wine separates him from cocktails and expensive drinks.
