Denevi, TimothyCartwright, Andrew2018-07-02https://hdl.handle.net/1920/11043This thesis has been embargoed for 10 years and will not be available until April 2028 at the earliest.Through research and personal writing, this collection of essays looks into the culturally-exposed gaps between bodily expectation and reality, to examine what it means to be called a “giant” in modern America, with pro wrestling—and specifically its “larger-than-life” figures, including André “The Giant” Roussimoff, the Big Show (Paul Wight), and Kongo Kong (Steve Wilson)—acting as a sort of extreme-version lens into how people of size are and have been perceived.enAndré RoussimoffProfessional wrestlingGiantsGiants (mythology)André the GiantThesis