03094nam 2200697Ia 450 991045060370332120200520144314.01-281-36108-997866113610820-230-60152-910.1057/9780230601529(CKB)1000000000342766(EBL)308171(OCoLC)191662024(SSID)ssj0000255108(PQKBManifestationID)11235011(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255108(PQKBWorkID)10209399(PQKB)10814141(SSID)ssj0001661071(PQKBManifestationID)16440419(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001661071(PQKBWorkID)14986839(PQKB)11737337(DE-He213)978-0-230-60152-9(MiAaPQ)EBC308171(Au-PeEL)EBL308171(CaPaEBR)ebr10167442(CaONFJC)MIL136108(EXLCZ)99100000000034276620060223d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTaijiquan and the search for the little old Chinese man[electronic resource] understanding identity through martial arts /by Adam D. Frank1st ed. 2006.New York Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-53052-2 1-4039-6828-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ChartAppendix III: Literature of Interest on Martial Arts and Critical Race TheoryGlossary; Bibliography; IndexThis 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.Tai chiMartial artsElectronic books.Tai chi.Martial arts.613.7/148Frank Adam D(Adam Dean)879135MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450603703321Taijiquan and the search for the little old Chinese man1963236UNINA