01995nam 2200397 450 991036764990332120230221072205.01-911653-01-6(CKB)4100000010104967(NjHacI)994100000010104967(EXLCZ)99410000001010496720230221d2019 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDeconstructing Martial Arts /Paul BrowmanCardiff, United Kingdom :Cardiff University Press,2019.1 online resource (xi, 169 pages)1-911653-00-8 What is the essence of martial arts? What is their place in or relationship with culture and society? 'Deconstructing Martial Arts' analyses familiar issues and debates that arise in scholarly, practitioner and popular cultural discussions and treatments of martial arts and argues that martial arts are dynamic and variable constructs whose meanings and values regularly shift, mutate and transform, depending on the context. It argues that deconstructing martial arts is an invaluable approach to both the scholarly study of martial arts in culture and society and also to wider understandings of what and why martial arts are. Placing martial arts in relation to core questions and concerns of media and cultural studies around identity, value, orientalism, and embodiment, Deconstructing Martial Arts introduces and elaborates deconstruction as a rewarding method of cultural studies.Martial artsStudy and teachingMartial artsEthicsMartial artsStudy and teaching.Martial arts.Ethics.796.8071Bowman Paul517261NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910367649903321Deconstructing Martial Arts3017909UNINA