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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450603703321

Autore

Frank Adam D (Adam Dean)

Titolo

Taijiquan and the search for the little old Chinese man [[electronic resource] ] : understanding identity through martial arts / / by Adam D. Frank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36108-9

9786611361082

0-230-60152-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

613.7/148

Soggetti

Tai chi

Martial arts

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Romanization and Pronunciation Guide; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Body: Daoism, QI, and the Making of Social-Sensual Identities; 2 Bodies, Lineages, Alleys; 3 Park Lives and Secret Spaces; 4 Barbaric Glass and Indecipherable Causes: Taijiquan as Public Art; 5 ""Through Martial Arts We Will Become Friends"": Taijiquan as Master Symbol of Modernity; 6 Kung Fu Fantasies and Imagined Identities; 7 Global Chinatown; 8 Body Redux; Notes; Appendix I: Wu Style Slow Taijiquan (Wu shi taiji man quan) Posture Names; Appendix II: JTA Lineage Chart

Appendix III: Literature of Interest on Martial Arts and Critical Race TheoryGlossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an ethnographic study of the martial art of taijiquan (or 'tai chi') as it is practiced in China and the United States. Drawing on recent literature on ethnicity, critical race theory, the phenomenology of race, and globalization, the author discusses identity in terms of sensual experience and the transmission/receipt of knowledge.