02981nam 22005295 450 991025331600332120200630043149.01-137-55742-710.1057/978-1-137-55742-1(CKB)3710000000653435(EBL)4716849(DE-He213)978-1-137-55742-1(MiAaPQ)EBC4716849(EXLCZ)99371000000065343520160430d2016 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Body and Senses in Martial Culture /by H.L.L Loh, Lionel Loh Han Loong1st ed. 2016.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Pivot,2016.1 online resource (141 p.)Palgrave Studies in Globalization and EmbodimentDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-71830-0 1-137-55741-9 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Methodology -- Chapter 3 -- The Lived Realities at the Gym -- Chapter 4: Knowing your Body -- Chapter 5: The Global Martial Circuit and Globalised Bodies -- Chapter 6: Conclusion.This ethnographic study of a mixed martial arts gym in Thailand describes the everyday practices and lived experiences of martial art practitioners. Through the lived realities and everyday experiences of these fighters, this book seeks to examine why foreigners invest their time and money to train in martial arts in Thailand; the linkages between the embodiment of martial arts and masculinity; how foreign bodies consume martial arts and what they get out of it; the sensory reconfiguration required of a fighter; and the impact of transnational flows on bodily dispositions and knowledge. The author argues that being a successful fighter entails not only sensitized awareness and knowledge of one’s body, but also a reconfiguration of the senses.Palgrave Studies in Globalization and EmbodimentHuman body—Social aspectsSports—Sociological aspectsSociology of the Bodyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22230Sociology of Sport and Leisurehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22220Human body—Social aspects.Sports—Sociological aspects.Sociology of the Body.Sociology of Sport and Leisure.796.809593Loh H.L.Lauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1065453Loong Lionel Loh Hanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910253316003321The Body and Senses in Martial Culture2545739UNINA