Martial arts as embodied knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : Asian traditions in a transnational world / / edited by D. S. Farrer and John Whalen-Bridge

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.8
• Soggetto topico: Martial arts - Social aspects; Martial arts
• Altri autori: FarrerDouglas Whalen-BridgeJohn <1961->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Martial Arts as Embodied Knowledge""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""Part I. Embodied Fantasy""; ""2. Some Versions of the Samurai""; ""3. The Fantasy Corpus of Martial Arts, or, The ""Communication"" of Bruce Lee""; ""4. Body, Masculinity, and Representation in Chinese Martial Arts Films""; ""Part II. How the Social Body Trains""; ""5. The Training of Perceptionin Javanese Martial Arts""; ""6. Thai Boxing""; ""Part III. Transnational Self-Construction""; ""7. From Floor to Stage"" ; ""8. The Oriental Martial Arts as Hybrid Totems, Together with Orientalized Avatars""""9. Coffee-Shop Gods""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Titolo autorizzato: Martial arts as embodied knowledge
• ISBN: 1-4384-3968-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790212903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II